Background
Kathleen Winsor was born on October 13, 1919, in Olivia, Minnesota, United States. She was the daughter of Harold Lee and Myrtle Belle Winsor. She was raised in Berkeley, California, United States.
1945
Kathleen Winsor, author, in the Restoration period costume. Photo by Erwin Blumenfeld
1946
Queens, NY 11430, United States
American romantic novelist Kathleen Winsor (1919-2003) arrives at Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York on a Trans-World Constellation from Paris. Photo by Keystone
1952
London, England, United Kingdom
American romantic novelist Kathleen Winsor (1919-2003) in her hotel room during a visit to London. Photo by Keystone
1954
United States
Kathleen Winsor prepping for a meal. Photo by Nina Leen
Berkeley, CA, United States
In 1938 Kathleen Winsor received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Manhattan, New York, United States
Kathleen Winsor and Artie Shaw are shown here in a Manhattan nightclub during their short honeymoon.
Kathleen Winsor, author of "Forever Amber," at a formal party. Photo, 1940's.
Kathleen Winsor, Theodore M. Purdy, editor; Annie Laurie Williams, agent: and Samuel Rapport, manager of Trade Books at Appleton-Century-Crofts.
(Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets o...)
Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England - that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary - and extraordinary - men and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have. Frequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940s - despite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness. A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.
https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Rediscovered-Classics-Kathleen-Winsor/dp/1556524048/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Forever+Amber&qid=1608815165&s=books&sr=1-1
1944
(This one starts in 1861 and tells the parallel tales of M...)
This one starts in 1861 and tells the parallel tales of Matt Devlin as he begins to carve a new life in Montana, along with that of his brother-in-law Joshua Ching in New York as he winds his way to great fortune through the manipulation and financial downfall of others. Matt, his brother Pete and their partners and eventually his sons are involved in the early days of mining the Montana Rockies, first gold then silver and finally digging to the depths of the inner mountains for the remaining treasure - copper. The early boomtowns grow and die, although one town long thought dead begins to grow and change as does the landscape surrounding it - Butte. On the other side of the country, Jason's wealth grows and he becomes one of New York's elite rich and marries his daughter Susan (Suky) into one of the "old" families short of cash. The story carries them through the financial disasters and depressions of the time, as well as intertwining with Matt's children with his. That's about as far as I care to go, beyond that I'd be writing a full-length book report and you know I don't do that. Suffice it to say, this book is packed with plenty of extramarital affairs, sneaky stock dealings, railroad barons, roaring mining towns, scandalous actresses and mistresses, the cigar-smoking cussing Lily in her men's clothes all intertwined with Morgan Devlin as he reaches for the huge wealth buried in the mountain he must destroy to reach the copper inside it.
https://www.amazon.com/Wanderers-Eastward-West-Kathleen-Winsor/dp/B000FDSXCO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Wanderers+Eastward%2C+Wanderers+West+Winsor&qid=1608815587&s=books&sr=1-1
1965
(In 1315, Arabella, a beautiful French princess tired of h...)
In 1315, Arabella, a beautiful French princess tired of her pampered royal life, and Robert, a handsome gypsy, fall in love and run away through the French countryside toward Marseilles' promise of freedom.
https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Arabella-Kathleen-Winsor/dp/051756078X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Robert+and+Arabella+Winsor&qid=1608816027&s=books&sr=1-1
1986
Kathleen Winsor was born on October 13, 1919, in Olivia, Minnesota, United States. She was the daughter of Harold Lee and Myrtle Belle Winsor. She was raised in Berkeley, California, United States.
In 1938 Kathleen Winsor received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Kathleen Winsor began her writing career in 1937 at the Oakland Tribune where she wrote a sports column from a woman's point of view, which was published three times a week. She worked at the Tribune for a year, then went on to fill the position as a receptionist at the newspaper. In 1938 Winsor was fired due to staff downsizing.
Believing from a young age that she would write a bestselling novel, she researched her first book while her husband was serving in the military during World War II. Becoming thoroughly acquainted with England’s Restoration period, Winsor penned an epic tale of romance featuring spunky, individualistic, passionate heroine Amber St. Claire. The finished book earned her a $50,000 advance from Macmillan. Although it was censored in fourteen states for being too risqué, Forever Amber easily became the most popular work of fiction of its day.
Unfortunately, though Winsor wrote seven more novels, including The Lovers (1952), Calais (1979), and Robert and Arabella (1986), she was unable to repeat the success of her first book.
(This one starts in 1861 and tells the parallel tales of M...)
1965(In 1315, Arabella, a beautiful French princess tired of h...)
1986(Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets o...)
1944(From the author of Forever Amber. The novel of three wome...)
1952
Quotations:
"Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do."
"Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful."
"There's an old press-agents' slogan that's good advice: Don't read your publicity - weigh it."
"I think Americans love success - but hate the people who have it."
"There's one thing I've always known: You can let people suspect anything else about you, but you must never let them suspect you of knowing what you're doing."
In 1936 Kathleen Winsor married Robert John Herwig. After her divorce from Herwig, she married the bandleader Artie Shaw and then Arnold Krakower, the lawyer who handled her divorce from Shaw. Her fourth and last husband was Paul A. Porter, a lawyer, who died in 1975.