Summers, Essie (1912–1998)

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Summers, Essie (1912–1998)

New Zealand novelist. Born July 24, 1912, in Christchurch, New Zealand; died Aug 27, 1998, in Taradale, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand; dau. of Edwin Summers and Ethel Summers; m. Bill Flett; children: 2.

Works of romantic fiction include Bachelors Galore (1958), The Lark in the Meadow (1959), Moon Over the Alps (1960), The House of the Shining Tide (1962), Through All the Years (1976).

See also autobiography, The Essie Summers Story (1974).

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