British author Eileen Ramsay, whose 20 books included The G.I. Bride, A Schoolmistress at War and A Pinch of Salt, died recently. She was 82. The Bookseller reported that Ramsay grew up in Scotland, and after graduation moved to the U.S., where she taught in private schools in Washington, D.C., for several years. Then she and her Scottish husband moved to California, where "she raised two sons, finished her Master's Degree, fell in love with Mexico and published her first short stories and a Regency novel."
Ramsay and her family eventually returned to Scotland, where she continued to teach and write, as well as serve--at different times--on committees of the Society of Authors in Scotland, the Scottish Association of Writers and the Romantic Novelists Association, of which she was elected chairman (2015–2017). In 2004, her novel Someday, Somewhere was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award.
Her other novels include A Way of Forgiving; The Stuff of Dreams; Rainbow's End; Henriqueta's Treasure; Love Changes Everything; Rich Girl, Poor Girl; The Farm Girl's Dream; The Dominie's Lassie; and The Glasgow Girl at War.
Ramsay's agent, Teresa Chris of Teresa Chris Literary Agency, said: "Eileen Ramsay was one of the most fascinating women I have known and worked with. A warm-hearted storyteller, her books gave great pleasure and provided escapism to an enormous number of people. I miss her so much."
Sarah Bauer, editorial director at Bonnier Books UK, added: "I was lucky to have worked with Eileen. She was a brilliant writer and a wonderful woman. I am pleased that so many got to know her through her writing and will continue to do so."