Mary Balogh
Mary Jenkins was born on 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. After graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high-school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She also enjoys watching tennis and curling.
Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency love story, was published in 1985 as A Masked Deception under her married name. In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write full-time. She has written more than seventy novels and almost thirty novellas since then, including the New York Times bestselling Slightly sextet and Simply quartet. She has won numerous awards, including Bestselling Historical of the Year from the Borders Group, and her novel Simply Magic was a finalist in the Quill Awards.
Books
- Daring Masquerade 1989
- The Famous Heroine / The Plumed Bonnet 2011
- Simply Magic 2007
- Slightly Tempted 2004
- Snow Angel 1991
- Slightly Married 2003
- The Arrangement 2013
- Tangled 1994
- The Trysting Place ok 1986
- Rakes and Rogues 1993
- The Devil's Web 1990
- The Last Waltz 1998
- Dark Angel / Lord Carew's Bride 2010
- Simply Unforgettable 2005
- Slightly Scandalous 2003
- A Summer to Remember 2002
- Slightly Sinful 2004
- The Heart of Christmas 2009
- A Christmas Promise 1993
- Slightly Wicked 2003
- Only Enchanting 2014
- A Regency Christmas VII 1995
- The Secret Mistress 2011
- Heartless 1995
