name: Joyce Dingwell
death_date: 1997-08-02 00:00:00
genres: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
avg_rating: 3.07
ratings_count: 1049
about: Enid Joyce Owen Dingwell, née Starr, was born on 1908 in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. She wrote, as Joyce Dingwell and Kate Starr, 80 romance novels for Mills &amp; Boon from 1931 to 1986. She was the first Australian writer living in Australia to be published by Mills &amp; Boon. Her novel The House in the Timberwood (1959), was made into a motion picture, The Winds of Jarrah (1983). Her work was particularly notable for its use of the Australian land, culture, and people. She passed away on 2 August 1997 in Kincumber, New South Wales. Enid Joyce Owen Dingwell, née Starr, was born on 1908 in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. She wrote, as Joyce Dingwell and Kate Starr, 80 romance novels for Mills &amp; Boon from 1931 to 1986. She was the first Australian writer living in Australia to be published by Mills &amp; Boon. Her novel The House in the Timberwood (1959), was made into a motion picture, The Winds of Jarrah (1983). Her work was particularly notable for its use of the Australian land, culture, and people. She passed away on 2 August 1997 in Kincumber, New South Wales. ...more