Doris E. Smith

Doris Edna Elliott Smith
Born(1919-08-12)12 August 1919
Dublin, Ireland
DiedBefore 1994
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
Pen nameDoris E. Smith
LanguageEnglish
Period1966–1982
GenresGothic, romance
Notable awardsRoNA Award

Doris Edna Smith (née Elliott) (12 August 1919 – before 1994) was an Irish writer of over 20 gothic and romance novels. In 1969, her novel Comfort and Keep won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

She was educated at Alexandra College in Milltown, Dublin. From 1938 worked for an Dublin's insurance group.

Bibliography

References and sources

  1. ↑ Mention of Doris E. Smith's death
  2. ↑ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 2 May 2012
  3. ↑ Meehan, Ciara (28 February 2023). A woman's place?: Challenging values in 1960s Irish women's magazines. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-6333-2.
  4. ↑ Lesley Henderson; D. L. Kirkpatrick (1990), Twentieth-century romance and historical writers, St. James Press, p. 856
  5. ↑ Smith, Doris Edna (1973). The One and Only. Harlequin Books. ISBN 978-0-373-01690-7.
  6. ↑ Smith, Doris Edna (1976). Smuggled Love. Harlequin Books. ISBN 978-0-373-01992-2.