June Knox-Mawer

June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis (10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales – 19 April 2006) was a British writer of non-fiction books and romance novels and a radio broadcaster. In 1992, her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.^[1]

June Ellis Knox-Mawer
Born	June Ellis (1930-05-10)10 May 1930 Wrexham, Wales, UK
Died	19 April 2006(2006-04-19) (aged 75)
Pen name	June Knox-Mawer
Occupation	Writer, novelist, radio broadcaster
Language	English
Nationality	British
Period	1961–2001
Genre	Romance
Notable awards	RoNA Award
Spouse	Ronald Knox-Mawer (1951–2007)
Children	2

Biography

Knox-Mawer was born June Ellis on 10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant,^[2] and was raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle.^[3] In 1951, she married Ronald Knox-Mawer (1925–2009), a barrister and member of the colonial judiciary; they had a son a and a daughter.^[2] The married couple lived in Arabia and Fiji, which inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to the UK. She died on 19 April 2006, aged 75.^[3]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• The Sultans Came to Tea (1961)
• A Gift of Islands: Living in Fiji (1965)
• A South Sea Spell (1975)
• Tales from Paradise: Memories of the British in the South Pacific (1986)
• A Ram in the Well: A Welsh Homecoming (2001)

Novels

• Marama (1972) aka Marama of the Islands
• Sandstorm (1992)
• The Shadow of Wings (1995)