Audrey Gardner
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About
Author of at least twenty-three novels published under the name of Audrey Blanshard. Audrey Gardner’s stories were mostly historical fiction or romance titles with a vivid sense of location, written for the public lending library market.
The readers’ website Goodreads listed Audrey Blanshard’s most popular novel as Granborough’s Filly: “Selina was something of a beauty – and very much a firebrand. But she was not prepared for the violent adventure that befell her when she was shipwrecked Cornwall Coast. Nor for the handsome, enigmatic young stranger, Mr. Rufford, her companion in this seaside drama.”
Legacy
Her gift of Copyright to the RLF from her literary estate helps support future generations of writers.
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