Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929—6 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist.[1]
Catherine Gaskin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 April 1929 Louth (County), Ireland |
| Died | 6 September 2009 (aged 79–80) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1946-1988 |
| Notable works | Sara Dane |
Biography edit
Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling in Coogee, a suburb of Sydney, where she grew up. Her first novel This Other Eden, was written when she was 15 and published two years later.[2] After her second novel, With Every Year, was published, she moved to London. Three best-sellers followed: Dust in Sunlight (1950), All Else is Folly (1951), and Daughter of the House (1952).
She completed her best-known work, Sara Dane, on her 25th birthday in 1954, and it was published in 1955. It sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into a number of other languages, and was made into a television mini-series in Australia in 1982.[3] This novel is loosely based on the life of the Australian convict businesswoman Mary Reibey, whose image has appeared on the Australian $20 note since 1994. Other novels included A Falcon for a Queen (1972) and The Summer of the Spanish Woman (1977).[4]
Gaskin moved to Manhattan for ten years, after marrying a United States citizen. She then moved to the Virgin Islands, then in 1967 to Ireland, where she became an Irish citizen.[4] She also lived on the Isle of Man.[2] Her last novel was The Charmed Circle (1988). She then returned to Sydney, where she died in September 2009, aged 80, from ovarian cancer.
Selected works edit
Novels edit
- This Other Eden (1947)
- With Every Year (1948)
- Dust in Sunlight (1950)
- All Else Is Folly (1951)
- Daughter of the House (1952)
- Sara Dane (1954)
- Blake's Reach (1958)
- Corporation Wife (1960)
- I Know My Love (1962)
- The Tilsit Inheritance (1963)
- The File On Devlin (1965)
- Edge of Glass (1967)
- Fiona (1970)
- A Falcon for a Queen (1972)
- The Property of a Gentleman (1974)
- The Lynmara Legacy (1975)
- The Summer of the Spanish Woma (1977)
- Family Affairs (1980)
- Promises (1982)
- The Ambassador's Women (1985)
- The Charmed Circle (1988)
Collections edit
- Selected Works (1978)
References and sources edit
- References
- ^ "Austlit — Catherine Gaskin". Austlit. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ a b AustList
- ^ Sara Dane at IMDb
- ^ a b "Internet Book List". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- Sources
- Obituary, The Age, 24 September 2009, p. 25