MARGARET TANNER - BOOKS WE LOVEMargaret Tanner is an award winning multi-published Australian author. She loves delving into the pages of history as she carries out research for her historical romance novels, and prides herself on being historically correct. No book is too old or tattered for her...
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MARGARET TANNER - BOOKS WE LOVEMargaret Tanner is an award winning multi-published Australian author. She loves delving into the pages of history as she carries out research for her historical romance novels, and prides herself on being historically correct. No book is too old or tattered for her to trawl through, no museum too dusty. Many of her novels have been inspired by true events, with one being written around the hardships and triumphs of her pioneering ancestors in frontier Australia. She once spent a couple of hours in an old goal cell so she could feel the chilling cold and fearHer favorite historical period is the 1st World War, and she has visited the battlefields of Gallipoli, France and Belgium, a truly poignant experience.Margaret is a member of the Melbourne Romance Writers Group (MRWG). She won the 2007 Author of the Year at AussieAuthors.com. She also won it for a 2nd time in 2010.Frontier Wife, which is now published by Books We Love with a title of Frontier Belle, won the 2010 Reader's Favorite Historical Romance Award.Wild Oats now re-published by Books We Love As Allison's War, was a finalist in the 2010 EPIC awards for best historical romance.As an unpublished manuscript, Savage Possession was short-listed in English Publisher,ChocLit Find An Aussie Star competition, in December 2012.A Rose In No-Man's Land won an un-published manuscript award through RWA (Romance Writers of Australia), several years ago.Margaret's publishers are Books We Love and The Wild Rose Press.
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