Rita Gallagher

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name = Rita Gallagher


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pseudonym = Rita Gallagher
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birthdate = 1922
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occupation = novelist, writing instructor
nationality = U.S.American
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period = 1982 - 1999
genre = romance
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Rita Gallagher (b. 1922 - d. death date|2004|2|1|mf=y) a founding member of the Romance Writers of America, was a noted writing instructor by romance novels, she also wrote three romance novels from 1982 to 1986. She is the mother of the writer Rita Clay Estrada.

Biography

Rita Gallagher was a Miss Michigan, who married with a U.S. Air Force pilot. She is the mother of the writer Rita Clay Estrada, they and others writers created the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A.). From 1982 to 1986, she published three romance novels, and later she decided be a writing instructor by romance novels. She also published with her daugther the books "Writing Romances" and "You Can Write a Romance".

Rita died February 1, 2004 in Houston at age 82.Citation | title = Life In Legacy - Week of February 7, 2004 | date = | year = | url = http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2004/WIR20040207.html#P10 | accessdate = 2004-02-07]

Bibliography

hadows Series

#"Shadows on the Wind", (1982)
#"Shadowed Destiny", (1985)

Novels

*"Passion Star", (1986)

Non fiction

*"Writing Romances" (1997) (with Rita Clay Estrada)
*"You Can Write a Romance" (1999) (with Rita Clay Estrada)

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