title: Romantic Novelists' Association
Denise Robins
Macmillan New Writing
Ida Pollock
Betty O'Rourke
Elizabeth Buchan
Suzanne Goodwin
Mary Howard (novelist)
Michael Legat
Hilda Nickson
sentences: The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) is an association of romantic fiction writers in the United Kingdom.
 Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins (first president), Barbara Cartland (first vice-president), Vivian Stuart (first elected chairman), and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews.
Denise Robins (née Denise Naomi Klein; 1 February 1897 - 1 May 1985) was a prolific English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966).
 She wrote under her first married name and under the pen-names: Denise Chesterton, Eve Vaill, 'Anne Llewellyn', Hervey Hamilton, Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray and Julia Kane, producing short stories, plays, and about 170 Gothic romance novels.
 In 1965, Robins published her autobiography, "Stranger Than Fiction".
 At the time of her death in 1985, Robins's books had been translated into fifteen languages and had sold more than one hundred million copies.
 In 1984, they were borrowed more than one and a half million times from British libraries.
Macmillan New Writing is an imprint of the British publishing company Pan Macmillan.
 Designed to attract previously unpublished authors, it offers aspiring novelists 20% of royalties from the sale of their book but no advance on signing.
 Books Macmillan New Writing has published have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the CWA New Blood Dagger, the Edgar Award for best paperback original, the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year, and the Wales Book of the Year.
Ida Julia Pollock, née Crowe (12 April 1908 – 3 December 2013), was a British writer of several short-stories and over 125 romance novels that were published under her married name, Ida Pollock, and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.
 She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career.
 She has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death.
 On the occasion of her 105th birthday, Pollock was appointed honorary vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, having been one of its founding members.
Betty O'Rourke (born 12 May 1930 in Reading, Berkshire, England - died 2006 in Reading, Berkshire, England) was a British writer of over 14 romance novels from 1987 to 2005, she also wrote under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Stevens and William Newham.
 She was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association and she was the acting Membership Secretary of the RNA.
Elizabeth Buchan, née Oakleigh-Walker (born 21 May 1948) is a British writer of non-fiction and fiction books since 1985.
 In 1994, her novel "Consider the Lily" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, and she was elected its eighteenth Chairman (1995–1997).
 Her novel, "Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman" (2001), has been made into a television film for CBS.
Suzanne Goodwin, née Suzanne Ebel (27 September 1916 – 28 February 2008), was a British writer of over 40 romantic novels and was translated into some 15 languages.
 Under her maiden name she wrote contemporary romances and British guides, under her married name historical romances, she also used the pseudonym of Cecily Shelbourne.
 In 1964, her novel "Journey from Yesterday" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award awarded by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
 and in 1986 the British Travel Association Award.
Mary Mussi, née "Edgar" (born 27 December 1907 in London, England - died 2 March 1991), was a British writer of over 50 romance novels as Mary Howard, who also wrote over 10 gothic romance as Josephine Edgar.
 She is one of the two novelists to win three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Michael Legat (24 March 1923 – 15 August 2011) was a British writer of writers' guides and romance novels.
 He was Chairman of Swanwick writers' summer school and an associate vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Hilda Nickson, née Pressley (18 November 1912 – 1977) was a British writer of over 60 romance novels published from 1957 to 1977, under her married and maiden name, and as Hilda Pressley.
 She was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
 She was married to the writer Arthur Nickson (1902-1974).

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 The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) is an association of romantic fiction writers in the United Kingdom.
 Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins (first president), Barbara Cartland (first vice-president), Vivian Stuart (first elected chairman), and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews. 

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 Denise Robins (née Denise Naomi Klein; 1 February 1897 - 1 May 1985) was a prolific English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966).
 She wrote under her first married name and under the pen-names: Denise Chesterton, Eve Vaill, 'Anne Llewellyn', Hervey Hamilton, Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray and Julia Kane, producing short stories, plays, and about 170 Gothic romance novels.
 In 1965, Robins published her autobiography, "Stranger Than Fiction".
 At the time of her death in 1985, Robins's books had been translated into fifteen languages and had sold more than one hundred million copies.
 In 1984, they were borrowed more than one and a half million times from British libraries. 

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 Macmillan New Writing is an imprint of the British publishing company Pan Macmillan.
 Designed to attract previously unpublished authors, it offers aspiring novelists 20% of royalties from the sale of their book but no advance on signing.
 Books Macmillan New Writing has published have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the CWA New Blood Dagger, the Edgar Award for best paperback original, the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year, and the Wales Book of the Year. 

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 Ida Julia Pollock, née Crowe (12 April 1908 – 3 December 2013), was a British writer of several short-stories and over 125 romance novels that were published under her married name, Ida Pollock, and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.
 She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career.
 She has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death.
 On the occasion of her 105th birthday, Pollock was appointed honorary vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, having been one of its founding members. 

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 Elizabeth Buchan, née Oakleigh-Walker (born 21 May 1948) is a British writer of non-fiction and fiction books since 1985.
 In 1994, her novel "Consider the Lily" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, and she was elected its eighteenth Chairman (1995–1997).
 Her novel, "Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman" (2001), has been made into a television film for CBS. 

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 Mary Mussi, née "Edgar" (born 27 December 1907 in London, England - died 2 March 1991), was a British writer of over 50 romance novels as Mary Howard, who also wrote over 10 gothic romance as Josephine Edgar.
 She is one of the two novelists to win three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. 

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 Michael Legat (24 March 1923 – 15 August 2011) was a British writer of writers' guides and romance novels.
 He was Chairman of Swanwick writers' summer school and an associate vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association. 

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 Hilda Nickson, née Pressley (18 November 1912 – 1977) was a British writer of over 60 romance novels published from 1957 to 1977, under her married and maiden name, and as Hilda Pressley.
 She was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
 She was married to the writer Arthur Nickson (1902-1974). 

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Answer: Barbara Cartland