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FROM: "Kathryn Mannix" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/2/01, 6:20 PM

Dear Fiction Lers,
I recently had a patron come in looking for male romance writers. I only
foudn a few and was hoping that you might know of some. She does not really
want people like Richard Paul Evans or Nicholas Sparks, but actual romance
writers like Nora Roberts or Catherine COulter. Thank you in advance for
what I am sure will be a wonderful response.

Kate Mannix
Villa Park Public Library
Reader's Advisory
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FROM: "Brenda O'Brien" <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/2/01, 7:22 PM

Leigh Greenwood is the pseudonym of Harold Lowery. He has written two
popular romance series, with a bit of a western flavor. One is the Seven
Brides series, and the other is the Cowboys series. Ours are always going
out on interlibrary loan, and I can personally recommend the Seven Brides
series.

Binnie can probably think of some others.

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/3/01, 9:16 AM

In a message dated 2/2/2001 7:11:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@hotmail.com writes:

<<
Dear Fiction Lers,
I recently had a patron come in looking for male romance writers. I only
foudn a few and was hoping that you might know of some. She does not really
want people like Richard Paul Evans or Nicholas Sparks, but actual romance
writers like Nora Roberts or Catherine COulter. Thank you in advance for
what I am sure will be a wonderful response.

Kate Mannix
Villa Park Public Library
Reader's Advisory >>

Leigh Greenwood (historical romance) is really Harold Lowry - and president
of Romance Writers of America, Inc., by the way.

Madeline Brent was a man. Half of the team of Sharon Curtis is Tom. Ditto
AE Maxwell is one-half Evan. I think there's another prominent historical
novelist - Jennifer Wilde? who was also a man. If that's not the right
writer, so to speak - many apologies in advance.

Also, I remember reading a novel (romantic, though not a romance per se)
years ago, and thought the author was a woman - but it turned out it was a
man. The author was Borden Deal, and the novel was Bluegrass, which took
place against the background of Kentucky horse country.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Thelma Stone <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/3/01, 10:09 AM

Jennifer Wilde was Tom Huff. He also wrote romances and gothics under
T. E. Huff and Beatrice Parker.

FROM: Raap <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/3/01, 3:09 PM

To add to the other suggestions, the model Fabio has written a few romances.

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FROM: Raap <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/3/01, 3:09 PM

To add to the other suggestions, the model Fabio has written a few romances.

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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 6:00 PM

At 02:45 PM 2/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
>To add to the other suggestions, the model Fabio has written a few romances.

Or signed his name to them, anyway. I'd be very surprised if his
co-authors did not do essentially all of the actual writing.

If the gothic romances of the sixties/seventies (mostly) count, one of
the most prolific authors of all was male: the Canadian W.E.D. Ross,
who wrote as "Marilyn Ross" mostly, but also as Clarissa Ross,
Dana Ross, Rose Dana, Ruth Dorset, Ann Gilmer, Diane Randall, Ellen
Randolph, Jane Rossiter, and Rose Williams; in his career he
produced some 345 novels and 600 short stories.

Several male sf/f writers also turned out a gothic or two in their
day, including Dean Koontz (as Deanna Dwyer), John Sladek (as Cassandra
Kyne--two books, one of them co-written by Thomas Disch, one by
Sladek alone), Gene DeWeese (as Jean DeWeese), Robert Hoskins (I
don't recall his pseudonym/s); Frank Belknap Long (Lyda Belknap Long);
Michael Avallone (Edwina Noone); and Charles L. Grant (Felicia
Andrews and Deborah Lewis). I'll probably think of more later.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/6/01, 2:10 AM

In a message dated 2/5/2001 6:57:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@tc.umn.edu writes:

<<
Several male sf/f writers also turned out a gothic or two in their
day, including Dean Koontz (as Deanna Dwyer), John Sladek (as Cassandra
Kyne--two books, one of them co-written by Thomas Disch, one by
Sladek alone), Gene DeWeese (as Jean DeWeese), Robert Hoskins (I
don't recall his pseudonym/s); Frank Belknap Long (Lyda Belknap Long);
Michael Avallone (Edwina Noone); and Charles L. Grant (Felicia
Andrews and Deborah Lewis). I'll probably think of more later.
>>

Dennis -

I woudn't want to hide anything from you! So - who's Trevanian? (Speaking of
pseudonyms.)

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "ALD (LIB)" <[removed]@omaha.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 2/6/01, 9:59 AM

Binnie,

I know this one! Trevanian is Rod Whitaker (sp?)! He was a drama teacher
at Dana College in Blair, NE in the mid-sixties(when one of my co-workers
and I were students there!)

Sherry Forrest
Arts & Literature Dept.
Omaha Public Library (NE)

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From: [removed]@aol.com [[removed]@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 2:00 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Male Romance Writers


In a message dated 2/5/2001 6:57:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@tc.umn.edu writes:

<<
Several male sf/f writers also turned out a gothic or two in their
day, including Dean Koontz (as Deanna Dwyer), John Sladek (as Cassandra
Kyne--two books, one of them co-written by Thomas Disch, one by
Sladek alone), Gene DeWeese (as Jean DeWeese), Robert Hoskins (I
don't recall his pseudonym/s); Frank Belknap Long (Lyda Belknap Long);
Michael Avallone (Edwina Noone); and Charles L. Grant (Felicia
Andrews and Deborah Lewis). I'll probably think of more later.
>>

Dennis -

I woudn't want to hide anything from you! So - who's Trevanian? (Speaking
of
pseudonyms.)

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/6/01, 9:59 AM

In a message dated 2/6/2001 10:45:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@omaha.lib.ne.us writes:

<< Binnie,

I know this one! Trevanian is Rod Whitaker (sp?)! He was a drama teacher
at Dana College in Blair, NE in the mid-sixties(when one of my co-workers
and I were students there!)

Sherry Forrest
Arts & Literature Dept.
Omaha Public Library (NE)
>>

Thank you for solving a very tantalizing mystery!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/6/01, 10:33 AM

At 03:00 AM 2/6/01 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/5/2001 6:57:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@tc.umn.edu writes:
>
><<
> Several male sf/f writers also turned out a gothic or two in their
> day, including Dean Koontz (as Deanna Dwyer), John Sladek (as Cassandra
> Kyne--two books, one of them co-written by Thomas Disch, one by
> Sladek alone), Gene DeWeese (as Jean DeWeese), Robert Hoskins (I
> don't recall his pseudonym/s); Frank Belknap Long (Lyda Belknap Long);
> Michael Avallone (Edwina Noone); and Charles L. Grant (Felicia
> Andrews and Deborah Lewis). I'll probably think of more later.
> >>
>
>Dennis -
>
>I woudn't want to hide anything from you! So - who's Trevanian? (Speaking
of
>pseudonyms.)
>
>Binnie Syril Braunstein


"Trevanian" is mostly if not solely Rodney W. Whitaker, "an American
academic raised in Montreal, but born either in Tokyo, Japan, on 12
January 1925 or in Granville, New York, on 12 June 1931, depending on
whcih source you care to believe. Rodney Whitaker has his PhD in
Communications and was formerly a professor at the University of
Texas <in film and drama> . . . and latterly at Concordia University
in Montreal." -- David Skene-Melvin, CANADIAN CRIME FICTION (1996), p231.

Online directory for Concordia-Montreal shows no Whitaker, so presumably
he's no longer at that school.

The entry for Whitaker in CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS (new revised series v.45)
confirms, gives the 1925 birthdate, and notes that he is said to
write "under five different names on various subjects, including
theology, law, aesthetics, and film." Aside from his own name and
Trevanian, CA lists three others: Nicholas Seare (under which he
wrote RUDE TALES AND GLORIOUS, a sort of bawdy Arthurian/Chaucerian
set of short stories which is the only thing by him I've read), and
J. L. Moran and Benat le Cagat (details not supplied).

Allen Hubin's CRIME FICTION II (1994) says that one James T.
Hashian, American, circa 1926- , apparently also wrote one or
more of the Trevanian novels, but gives no further details. I
don't have Hubin's CRIME FICTION III (out only on cdrom) to see if
he has more to add in that edition, but I do know Al and will try
to recall to ask him when I next see him. (Maybe "Hashian" is yet
another Whitaker pseudonym?)

WorldCat shows a Jack Hashian as credited with two historical novels:
MAMIGON (Coward McCann, 1982) and SHANIDAR (Wynwood Press, 1990)--
actually the second is credited just to "Hashian," no first name.
Don't know if this/these are thought to be the same guy or not.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/6/01, 10:33 AM

A few more male authors of romance novels (mostly 60s/70s gothic romances):

I mentioned Robert Hoskins yesterday but did not have the relevant
pseudonyms: he published as Grace Corren, Susan Jennifer, Julia Thatcher,
and Jennifer Redfield.

Mack Reynolds had a couple romantic suspense novels published as
Maxine Reynolds (HOUSE IN THE KASBAH and HOME OF THE INQUISITOR) in 1972.

Neal Barrett Jr. published VALIANT WINGS as by Rebecca Drury, part of
a series called WOMEN AT WAR, which I assume are historical romances
of some sort.

Thomas Allen Waters published both his sf and his gothics and other
works as T.A. Waters.

Michael Kurland published SECRET OF BENJAMIN SQUARE as Jennifer Plum.

Ron Goulart published two Regency romances as Jillian Kearny: AGENT
OF LOVE in 1979 and LOVE'S CLAIMANT in 1981. (But then Goulart has
published in every seemingly every genre under a variety of names,
including ghosting much of William Shatner's TEKWAR books, uncredited.)

And I should have noted that the insanely prolific W.E.D. Ross
(William Edward Daniel Ross, 1912-1995) also used "Leslie Ames" as
well as the other pseudonyms I listed.

There are more, but enough, enough.... (Most details above taken
from HAWK'S AUTHORS' PSEUDONYMS III (1999).


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Debbie Saryan" <[removed]@nedcc.org>
REC'D: 2/6/01, 11:39 AM

Binnie,

Trevanian was really a wonderful man named Jack Hashian. He wrote all of
the Trevanian books. He passed away about 2 years ago...right before he
died he sold his rights(pseudonym) to his publisher...he was a remarkable
writer and a great friend...

Debbie

At 09:46 AM 2/6/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Binnie,
>
>I know this one! Trevanian is Rod Whitaker (sp?)! He was a drama teacher
>at Dana College in Blair, NE in the mid-sixties(when one of my co-workers
>and I were students there!)
>
>Sherry Forrest
>Arts & Literature Dept.
>Omaha Public Library (NE)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [removed]@aol.com [[removed]@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 2:00 AM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Re: Male Romance Writers
>
>
>In a message dated 2/5/2001 6:57:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@tc.umn.edu writes:
>
><<
> Several male sf/f writers also turned out a gothic or two in their
> day, including Dean Koontz (as Deanna Dwyer), John Sladek (as Cassandra
> Kyne--two books, one of them co-written by Thomas Disch, one by
> Sladek alone), Gene DeWeese (as Jean DeWeese), Robert Hoskins (I
> don't recall his pseudonym/s); Frank Belknap Long (Lyda Belknap Long);
> Michael Avallone (Edwina Noone); and Charles L. Grant (Felicia
> Andrews and Deborah Lewis). I'll probably think of more later.
> >>
>
>Dennis -
>
>I woudn't want to hide anything from you! So - who's Trevanian? (Speaking
>of
>pseudonyms.)
>
>Binnie Syril Braunstein
>romance novelist/former librarian
>
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FROM: "Kelly Benson" <[removed]@htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/6/01, 2:29 PM

Many of Sidney Sheldon's books are romances.

Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon, Illinois

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/6/01, 4:27 PM

In a message dated 2/6/2001 12:31:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@nedcc.org writes:

<<
Binnie,

Trevanian was really a wonderful man named Jack Hashian. He wrote all of
the Trevanian books. He passed away about 2 years ago...right before he
died he sold his rights(pseudonym) to his publisher...he was a remarkable
writer and a great friend...

Debbie



At 09:46 AM 2/6/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Binnie,
>
>I know this one! Trevanian is Rod Whitaker (sp?)! He was a drama teacher
>at Dana College in Blair, NE in the mid-sixties(when one of my co-workers
>and I were students there!)
>
>Sherry Forrest
>Arts & Literature Dept.
>Omaha Public Library (NE)
> >>

Wow! this is really a neat and wonderful thread.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

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