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Maureen Lee

(1932 - 2020)

Maureen Lee was born in Bootle, near Liverpool. She attended Commercial College and became a shorthand typist. She married Richard, and they had three sons. Maureen published over one hundred and fifty short-stories, before publishing her first novel Lila in 1983. In 2000, her novel Dancing in the Dark won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Awards: RNA (2000) see all

Genres: Sagas, Mystery, Romance

Series

Pearl Street
   1. Lights Out Liverpool (1995)
   2. Put Out the Fires (1996)
   3. Through the Storm (1997)

Novels

   Lila (1983)
   Stepping Stones (1994)
   Annie (1998)
     aka Liverpool Annie
   Dancing in the Dark (1999)
   Lime Street Blues (2000)
   The Girl from Barefoot House (2000)
   Laceys of Liverpool (2001)
   The House by Princes Park (2002)
   Queen of the Mersey (2003)
   The Old House on the Corner (2004)
   The September Girls (2005)
   Kitty and Her Sisters (2006)
   The Leaving Of Liverpool (2007)
   Mother of Pearl (2008)
   Nothing Lasts Forever (2009)
   Martha's Journey (2010)
   Au Revoir Liverpool (2011)
     aka Goodbye Liverpool
   Dusk (2011)
   After the War is Over (2012)
   Flora and Grace (2013)
   The Seven Streets of Liverpool (2014)
   The Kelly Sisters (2015)
   An Eye For An Eye (2015)
   Violet's Children (2018)

Collections

Harlequin's Romantic Short Stories (1981) (with others)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2007
A Dream Come True (2007)

Quick Reads 2012
Amy's Diary (2012)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Maureen Lee

Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009)
edited by
Katie Fforde

Awards

2000 RNA: Romantic Novel Award : Dancing in the Dark

Award nominations

2008 RNA: Romantic Novel Award (nominee) : The Leaving Of Liverpool

Maureen Lee recommends

The Bobby Girls (2019)
(Bobby Girls, book 1)
Johanna Bell
"I really did enjoy The Bobby Girls. It has a lovely warm feeling about it and is excellently written."

The Forget-Me-Not Girl (2019)
(Memory Lane)
Sheila Newberry
"Gloriously nostalgic."

A Daughter's Love (2015)
Catherine King
"Hard-hitting and powerful . . . Catherine King has written a first-rate novel."