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1911Aug, 6

Constance Heaven

Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
Constance Christina Aimee Heaven (née Fecher; 6 August 1911 – 12 April 1995) was a British writer of romance novels, under her maiden name, her married name and under the pseudonym Christina Merlin. In 1973, her novel The House Of Kuragin was the Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year.She was the eleventh elected Chairman (1981–1983) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.

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