Rosamond Marshall
Rosamond Marshall was a 20th-century American novelist. She wrote historical romances for adult and youth readers during the 1940s and 50s, and two of her novels, "Kitty" and "The Bixby Girls", were made into motion pictures. Early life. Marshall was born Rosamond van der Zee Botsford on October 17, 1893, New York City, New York, the daughter of Charles and Florence (née Topping Botsford). Career. Her first published novel in English, "None But the Brave, A Story of Holland" (1942), for young people, won the "New York Herald Tribune" Spring Book Award. Rosamond Marshall's novels for  young people were overshadowed by the success of her historical romances for adults. The first of these, "Kitty", set the pattern for a continuing series of novels which had sales (in paperback reprints) ranging from a million and a half to three million by 1942. Two of Rosamond's novels were made into motion pictures. The 1945 film "Kitty", starring Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard, was based on her novel by the same name. The 1960 movie "All the Fine Young Cannibals", starring Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, and George Hamilton was based on her book "The Bixby Girls". Personal life . While in Turin, Italy she met and married an Italian, Pierro Antonio Gariazzo on Dec 26, 1914, and lived for a time in Rome. After divorcing Gariazzo, she married Albert Earl Marshall of New York City, USA, on Aug 10, 1936. Death. In later life, Rosamond divided her time between Southern California and her Vancouver Island, Canada farm. She died on November 13, 1957. Bibliography. Published works by Rosamond Marshall