Mary Stewart

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MS , who began publishing in the mid 1950s, won great success as an author of popular romance thrillers (a genre whose invention her Guardian obituary chalks up to her)
Hore, Rachel. “Mary Stewart obituary”. theguardian.com, 15 May 2014.
and of Arthurian historical novels. She also wrote for children. The suspense books of her early and mid career are mostly set against the beautiful backdrop of some tourist destination, and a sense of place is brilliantly conveyed.
  • BirthName: Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow
  • Married: Stewart
    She was Mrs Stewart for thirty years before her husband got his title. A different writer called Mary Stewart , who died in 1943, produced books for children such as Tell Me a Hero Story, 1915.
    OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
  • Titled: Lady

Milestones

17 September 1916

Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow (later MS ) was born at Sunderland in County Durham, one of a family of three children.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Mary Stewart. Twayne Publishers, 1990.
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1964

MS set her novel This Rough Magic on the Greek island of Corfu.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Mary Stewart. Twayne Publishers, 1990.
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By late July 1970

MS published The Crystal Cave, the first of her Merlin series of three historical novels and of a total of five Arthurian books.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
3569 (23 July 1970): 833

5 June 1997

MS 's final book, another romantic suspense novel entitled Rose Cottage, shared some of its preoccupations with Thornyhold.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.

May 2014

MS died at the age of ninety-seven after nearly thirteen years as a widow.
Hore, Rachel. “Mary Stewart obituary”. theguardian.com, 15 May 2014.

Biography

Birth and Family

17 September 1916

Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow (later MS ) was born at Sunderland in County Durham, one of a family of three children.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Mary Stewart. Twayne Publishers, 1990.
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