Background
Thomas Elmer Huff was born on January 8, 1938 in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
Thomas Elmer Huff was born on January 8, 1938 in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
He graduated from Poly High School and from Texas Wesleyn College in 1960.
He wrote gothic novels for nine years under the pseudonyms Edwina Marlow, Beatrice Parker, T. East., and Katherine Saint In 1976, adopted the pseudonym Jennifer Wilde when he began writing historical romance novels. His first release, Love"s Tender Fury, had 41 printings in its first five years, and his second historical romance, Dare to Love, spent 11 weeks on the New York Times paperback bestseller list.
His historical romances were noted for being written in first-person, from the heroine"s perspective. Many of his books also featured multiple male protagonists, and "the man who first captures the heroine"s heart isn"t always the one who ends up with lieutenant" died suddenly of a massive heart failure on 16 January 1990 in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was buried.