Carolyn Males (born 1946) is an American writer and photographer. She wrote romance novels in collaboration under the pseudonyms Alyssa Howard, Clare Richards and Clare Richmond from 1982 to 1993. She also collaborated in non-fiction books and her articles has appeared in Reader's Digest, Travel-Holiday, Brides, Parade, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post, Odyssey, Writer's Digest, Newsday, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and other publications.[1]

Carolyn Males
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Pen nameAlyssa Howard (with Eileen Buckholtz, Ruth Glick, Louise Titchener),
Clare Richards and Clare Richmond (with Louise Titchener),
Carolyn Males
OccupationWriter, photographer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Period1982–present
GenreRomance, non-fiction
Website
www.carolynmales.com

Biography edit

Carolyn Males was born in 1946. She joined a literary critique group in Maryland. There she wrote a collaborative effort with other three women, Louise Titchener, Ruth Glick, and Eileen Buckholtz. The result was a romance novel, Love is Elected, published by Silhouette Books under the pseudonym Alyssa Howard,[2] and they also wrote other novel, Southern Persuasion. But they decided split them into groups of two, and she collaborated with Louise Titchener under the pseudonyms of Clare Richards and Clare Richmond.

Carolyn Males lives in Clarksville, Maryland.

Bibliography edit

As Alyssa Howard edit

Single romance novels[3]

  • Love is Elected (1982)
  • Southern Persuasion (1983)

As Clare Richards edit

Single novels

  • Renaissance Summer (1985 Mar)

As Clare Richmond edit

Single novels

  • Runaway heart (1986 Nov)
  • Bride's Inn (1987 Sep)
  • Pirate's legacy (1990 Jul)
  • Hawaiian Heat (1993 Feb)

As Carolyn Males edit

Non-fiction

References and sources edit

  1. ^ Carolyn Males Official Website, retrieved August 27, 2011
  2. ^ "One top-selling author of romance novels is actually four women writing for Silhouette". Democrat and Chronicle. January 30, 1983. p. 61.
  3. ^ "Romance novels make up about 25% of paperback book market". The Star-Democrat. May 20, 1983. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Preparation is the name of the game today". The Town Talk. January 11, 1992. p. 19.