Jacqueline Briskin (1927–2014)
Auteur van The Naked Heart
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Jacqueline Briskin was born Jacqueline Orgell on December 18, 1927 in London, England. She enrolled at UCLA in pre-law, but quit after two years to marry Bert Briskin. In 1964, she took a night class at UCLA Extension called The Craft of Fiction. Her first novel, California Generation, was toon meer published in 1970. Her other novels include Too Much Too Soon, Everything and More, Rich Friends, Paloverde, and The Onyx. She also wrote two novels using the pen name Diane Du Pont. She retired in the mid-1990s to take care of her husband, who was in declining health because of Alzheimer's disease. He died in 2004. She died on December 24, 2014 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- Gangbare naam
- Briskin, Jacqueline
- Officiële naam
- Orgell Briskin, Jacqueline
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Briskin, Jacqueline
- Geboortedatum
- 1927-12-18
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-12-24
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized|1944) - Geboorteplaats
- London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Bel Air, California, USA
Beverly Hills, California, USA - Opleiding
- Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California, USA (1945)
- Beroepen
- historical novelist
- Relaties
- Briskin, Bert (husband)
Sands, Richard (son) - Agent
- Bert Briskin
- Korte biografie
- Jacqueline Orgell was born on 18 December 1927 in London, England, the daughter of Marjorie (Mendelsohn) and Spencer Orgell. In 1938, her family moved to United States, and she naturalized in 1944. She attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California and graduated in 1945.
On 9 May 1948, she married Bertram Norman "Bert" Briskin, borned on 17 February 1922. Her husband was an oil executive, who years later became his agent. They had three children: Ralph Louis Briskin, Elizabeth Ann Briskin, and Richard Paul Briskin (alias Richard Sands). Her husband died of Alzheimer on 16 July 2004.
She sold her first novel in 1970, after which she published other 11 historical novels. Her novels were translated into 26 languages, and has sold 23,000,000 copies worldwide. Her books regularly appear on the New York Times bestseller's list, and she was a main Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club seven times.
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- Populariteit
- #29,521
- Waardering
- 3.2
- Besprekingen
- 15
- ISBNs
- 247
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