Joan van Nuys

Joan van Nuys

Infobox Writer
name = Joan van Nuys
caption = Joan van Nuys
pseudonym = Marianna Essex
birthdate = birth date|1929|4|13|mf=y
birthplace = Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States
deathdate = death date and age|2000|2|20|1929|4|13|mf=y
deathplace = Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States
occupation = Novelist; Musician
nationality = American
active period = 1989-2000
genre = Romance
influences = Sylvie Sommerfield

Joan van Nuys was an American author of historical romance novels. She has also written standard romance novels under the pseudonym “Marianna Essex”.

Biography

Van Nuys was born Joan Carol Atkinson in Tarentum, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1929. Her father, an itinerant salesman and alcoholic, was convinced that music was the key to getting his family out from under the weight of poverty. Her older sister, Betty, was already considered a violin prodigy when Joan started learning the violin at age six. Although not a prodigy like her sister, she continued her studies and became an accomplished classical violinist.

She married Robert van Nuys in 1950. They settled in western Pennsylvania and had three daughters. In the 1960s and 1970s, she performed with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.

Joan began writing late in life after her daughter Carol moved to Norway in 1973; she compiled Carol’s many adventures into short story form. Although not a fan of the romance genre (she never read a romance novel before deciding to write one), she thought it might be an easy way to begin a writing career. In the early-1980s, she wrote a traditional romance featuring a Norwegian hero that got her an agent; however, the story was rejected by major publishers. She persisted and wrote two more romances under the pseudonym “Marianna Essex” that were published by Signet Books. Joan found the format for the boilerplate romance novels to be too restrictive so she turned to writing the more challenging historical romances. Over a period of seven years, she wrote seven critically successful and popular historical romance novels published by Leisure Romance and Avon Books. Some of these books were translated into other languages, and she attained a worldwide following. She died on May 20, 2000, after a brief battle with colon cancer. Her novels are still widely available on the Internet.

Romance Novels

These novels were written under van Nuy’s pseudonym, Marianna Essex.

# "Torrent of Love", Signet, November 2006
# "Love Came Courting", Signet, November 1984

Historical Romances

# "Beloved Avenger", Avon Books, November 1989
# "Beloved Enchantress", Leisure Books, February 1990
# "Unwilling Betrayer", Leisure Books, May 1992
# "Beloved Intruder", Avon Books, November 1992
# "Beloved Pretender", Avon Books, October 1993
# "Beloved Deceiver", Avon Books, November 1994
# "Forever Beloved", Avon Books, May 1996

References

* [http://ebooks.palm.com/author/detail/1493 eBooks Author Information]
* [http://www.eclectics.com/joan/index.html JvN Tribute Site]


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