This popular fiction series was considered by many the invention of the modern historical romance book.įlower became an instant bestseller on the New York Times and in its success created a literary precedent that led to mainstream publishing putting out more books with female heroines that are strong and also hot sex scenes. The last of the series was published after she died in 2007 and was titled Everlasting. The Birmingham Family Saga series features the sequel The Kiss, Beyond the Kiss, and A Season Beyond a Kiss. The book was the first in the Birmingham Family Saga series Her career started off when she officially became a published author in 1972 with the release of the debut novel The Flame and the Flower.

Her novels have had several explicit scenes including sex scenes and monogamous relationships that take place in historical settings, of course. Her manuscripts were 600 pages and while they were initially turned down by hardcover publishers and ended up finding a home in paperback. She was able to get started at last when she finally got an electric typewriter after she was unable to get anything out longhand. During that time, Kathleen tried to write a novel but failed. She settled down with her husband in Minnesota. While living with him at a military outpost located in Japan, Kathleen was able to write her first book and did so longhand. They fell for each other and were married the next year. Air Force when she was sixteen at a dance. She met Ross Eugene Woodiwiss, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. She has always enjoyed creating original stories and narratives and would tell herself stories at night at age six to help herself go to sleep. She had seven siblings and was the youngest of eight. She was born in Alexandria, Louisiana to her parents Gladys and Charles Wingrove Hogg. She wrote in the historical romance novel genre and was considered to be a pioneer of the romance genre, greatly influencing a lot of romance authors that came after her for some time.

Her full name was Kathleen Erin Hogg before she got married. She was born on June 3, 1939, and passed away in 2007. Woodiwiss was an American author of fiction.

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