Person    | Female  Born 16/8/1902  Died 4/7/1974

Georgette Heyer

Categories: Literature

Novelist. Born at 103 Woodside, Wimbledon. From 1932, she produced one romance novel and one thriller each year. In all she wrote nearly sixty volumes. Died at Guy's Hospital.

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