Alice Chetwynd Ley, née Humphrey (b. 12 October 1913 in Halifax

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...

, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, England, UK - d. 2004) was a British writer of romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s from 1959 to 1989.

She was the sixth elected Chairman (1971–1973) of the Romantic Novelists' Association

Romantic Novelists' Association

The Romantic Novelists' Association is a writers' association in the UK. Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins , Barbara Cartland , Vivian Stuart , and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews.The RNA runs...

 and was named honor life member.

Biography

Born Alice Mary Chetwynd Humphrey on 12 October 1913 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK, she studied at King Edward VI Grammar School

King Edward VI High School for Girls

King Edward VI High School for Girls is an independent secondary school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham and occupies the same site as, and is twinned with, King Edward's School...

 in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

. In 3 Febrery 1945, she married with Kenneth James Ley. They had two sons; Richard James Humphrey Ley and Graham Kenneth Hugh Ley.

She was teather at Harrow College of Higher Education. In 1962, she obtained a diploma in Sociology at London University, in connection thus she obtained the Gilchrist Award of 1962. She was lecturer in Sociology and Social History, from 1968 to 1971.

Under her married name, Alice Chetwynd Ley, she published romance novels from 1959 to 1986. She was also tutor in Creative Writing, from 1962 to 1984. She was elected the sixth Chairman (1971–1973) of the Romantic Novelists' Association

Romantic Novelists' Association

The Romantic Novelists' Association is a writers' association in the UK. Founded in 1960, mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins , Barbara Cartland , Vivian Stuart , and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge, Netta Muskett, Catherine Cookson, Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews.The RNA runs...

and was named honor life member.

Alice Chetwynd passed away in 2004.

Novels

• The Jeweled Snuff Box (1959)
• The Georgian Rake (1960)
• The Guinea Stamp (1961) aka The Courting of Joanna
• The Master of Liversedge (1966) aka The Master and the Maiden
• Letters for a Spy (1970)
• Tenant of Chesdene Manor (1974) aka Beloved Diana
• The Beau and the Bluestocking (1975)
• An Advantageous Marriage (1977)
• The Sentimental Spy (1977)
• At Dark of the Moon (1977)
• Regency Scandal (1979)
• A Conformable Wife (1981)
• The Intrepid Miss Haydon (1983)

Eversley Saga

1. The Clandestine Betrothal (1967)
2. The Toast of the Town (1968)
3. A Season at Brighton (1971)

Anthea & Justin Rutherford Saga

1. A Reputation Dies (1984)
2. A Fatal Assignation (1987)
3. Masquerade of Vengeance (1989)