For the Love of a Pirate
Edith Layton loved to write. She wrote articles and opinion pieces for theNew York TimesandNewsday, as well as for local papers, and freelanced writing publicity before she began writing novels.Publisher’s Weeklycalled her “one of romance’s most gifted authors.” She received many awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from theRomantic Times, and excellent reviews and commendations fromLibrary Journal,Romance Readers Anonymous, and Romance Writers of America. She also wrote historical novels under the name Edith Felber.Mother of three grown children, she lived on Long Island with her devoted dog, Miss Daisy; her half feral parakeet, Little Richard; and various nameless pond fish in the fishness protection program.