Vivian Stuart
(Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)aka
Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, William Stuart Long, Alex Stuart, Robyn Stuart, V A Stuart
About Vivian Stuart
Violet Vivian Finlay was born on January 2, 1914. Although Vivian is well-known by her first husband's surname, Stuart, that she used to signmany of her books, she re-married a second time, using the name of Mann. Vivian passed away in August, 1986, at 72.
She was a prolific writer from 1953 to 1986 under diferent pseudonyms: Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, V.A. Stuart, William Stuart Long and Robyn Stuart. Her novel, *GayCavalier* published in 1955 as Alex Stuart got her into trouble with her Mills & Booneditors when she featured a secondary story line featuring a Catholic male and Protestant female who chose to marry. This so-called "mixed marriage"touched nerves in the United Kingdom.
In 1960, she founded the RomanticNovelists' Association and also was the first elected Chairman (1961-1963).
She was a prolific writer from 1953 to 1986 under diferent pseudonyms: Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, V.A. Stuart, William Stuart Long and Robyn Stuart. Her novel, *GayCavalier* published in 1955 as Alex Stuart got her into trouble with her Mills & Booneditors when she featured a secondary story line featuring a Catholic male and Protestant female who chose to marry. This so-called "mixed marriage"touched nerves in the United Kingdom.
In 1960, she founded the RomanticNovelists' Association and also was the first elected Chairman (1961-1963).
Novels
Along Came Ann (1953)
aka Along Came Doctor Ann
Proud Heart (1953)
Eyes of the Night (1954)
The Unlit Heart (1954)
aka Jungle Doctor
Pilgrim Heart (1955)
aka Doctor in the Tropics
Lover Betrayed (1955)
No Single Star (1956)
Moon Over Madrid (1957) (with Fiona Finlay (Vivian Stuart))
Life Is the Destiny (1958)
Nurse in Malaya (1960)
The Summer's Flower (1961)
The Brave Captains (1968)
Black Sea Frigate (1971)
The New Mrs. Aldrich (1976)
The Patriots (1987)
aka Along Came Doctor Ann
Proud Heart (1953)
Eyes of the Night (1954)
The Unlit Heart (1954)
aka Jungle Doctor
Pilgrim Heart (1955)
aka Doctor in the Tropics
Lover Betrayed (1955)
No Single Star (1956)
Moon Over Madrid (1957) (with Fiona Finlay (Vivian Stuart))
Life Is the Destiny (1958)
Nurse in Malaya (1960)
The Summer's Flower (1961)
The Brave Captains (1968)
Black Sea Frigate (1971)
The New Mrs. Aldrich (1976)
The Patriots (1987)
Non fiction
The Beloved Little Admiral: Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel 1809-1904 (1967)
His Majesty's Sloop-of-War: Diamond Rock (1978) (with George T Eggleston)
His Majesty's Sloop-of-War: Diamond Rock (1978) (with George T Eggleston)
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