Winsor, Kathleen

Winsor, Kathleen
▪ 2004

      American novelist (b. Oct. 16, 1919, Olivia, Minn.—d. May 26, 2003, New York, N.Y.), achieved almost instant notoriety in 1944 with Forever Amber, her historical saga of a sexually adventurous young woman in Restoration England, which sold 100,000 copies its first week and paved the way for the many romantic “bodice-rippers” that followed. Although it contained no explicit sex scenes, it was extremely racy for its time, and it was widely condemned.

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