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Maureen Lee

(1932 - 2020)

Maureen Lee was born in Bootle, near Liverpool. She attended Commercial College and became a shorthand typist. She married Richard, and they had three sons. Maureen published over one hundred and fifty short-stories, before publishing her first novel Lila in 1983. In 2000, her novel Dancing in the Dark won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Genres: Sagas, Mystery, Romance

Series

Pearl Street
   1. Lights Out Liverpool (1995)
   2. Put Out the Fires (1996)
   3. Through the Storm (1997)

Novels

   Lila (1983)
   Stepping Stones (1994)
   Annie (1998)
     aka Liverpool Annie
   Dancing in the Dark (1999)
   The Girl from Barefoot House (2000)
   Lime Street Blues (2000)
   Laceys of Liverpool (2001)
   The House by Princes Park (2002)
   Queen of the Mersey (2003)
   The Old House on the Corner (2004)
   The September Girls (2005)
   Kitty and Her Sisters (2006)
   The Leaving Of Liverpool (2007)
   Mother of Pearl (2008)
   Nothing Lasts Forever (2009)
   Martha's Journey (2010)
   Au Revoir Liverpool (2011)
     aka Goodbye Liverpool
   Dusk (2011)
   After the War is Over (2012)
   Flora and Grace (2013)
   The Seven Streets of Liverpool (2014)
   The Kelly Sisters (2015)
   An Eye For An Eye (2015)
   Violet's Children (2018)

Omnibus

   Three Great Novels: Lights Out at Liverpool, Put Out the Fires, Through the Storm (2002)
   Three Great Novels: Stepping Stones, Liverpool Annie, Dancing in the Dark (2003)
   Three Great Novels 3: The Girl From Barefoot House, The House by Princes Park, The Laceys of Liverpool (2005)
   Five Compelling Sagas (2005) (with Diane Cosgrove, Lilian Harry, Claude Michelet and Kitty Neale)
   What A Woman Wants (2006) (with Donna Hay and Erica James)
   Ten Great Novels (2013)

Collections

Harlequin's Romantic Short Stories (1981) (with Lynn Bretton, Mollie Chapell, Pat Lacey and Rachal Murray)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2007
A Dream Come True (2007)

Quick Reads 2012
Amy's Diary (2012)

Awards

	Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel winner (2000) : Dancing in the Dark
	Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Leaving Of Liverpool

Maureen Lee recommends

Roses for Rebecca (2007)
Margaret Kaine
"A touching and genuinely moving novel with a cast of brilliantly drawn characters."

Mothers and Daughters (2009)
Leah Fleming
"A beautifully written tale of love and tragedy."

A Winter Bride (2011)
Isla Dewar
"Thoroughly satisfying."

A Daughter's Love (2015)
Catherine King
"Hard-hitting and powerful . . . Catherine King has written a first-rate novel."

The Nursemaid's Secret (2016)
Sheila Newberry
"Gloriously nostalgic."

The Bobby Girls (2019)
(Bobby Girls, book 1)
Johanna Bell
"I really did enjoy The Bobby Girls. It has a lovely warm feeling about it and is excellently written."

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