Georgette Heyer
Novelist, Author
1902 – 1974
Who was Georgette Heyer?
Georgette Heyer was a British historical romance and detective fiction novelist. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929. After her novel These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the General Strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales. For the rest of her life, she refused to grant interviews, telling a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family."
Heyer essentially established the historical romance genre and its subgenre Regency romance. Her Regencies were inspired by Jane Austen, but unlike Austen, who wrote about and for the times in which she lived, Heyer was forced to include copious information about the period so that her readers would understand the setting. To ensure accuracy, Heyer collected reference works and kept detailed notes on all aspects of Regency life.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1902
Wimbledon - Also known as
- Хейер, Джорджетт
- Siblings
- Spouses
- George Ronald Rougier
(1925 - 1974)
- George Ronald Rougier
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- Wimbledon
- Died
- Jul 4, 1974
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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