LaVyrle Spencer
Author of That Camden Summer
About the Author
LaVyrle Spencer was born in Browerville, Minnesota on July 17, 1943. While working as a teacher's aide at Osseo Junior High School, she started writing her first novel, The Fulfillment, which was published in 1979. She has written more than a dozen novels that have hit the New York Times bestseller show more list, and many of her works have been condensed for Reader's Digest and Good Housekeeping. She has won five Romance Writers of America RITA Awards for her novels The Endearment, Hummingbird, Twice Loved, The Gamble, and Morning Glory. In 1988, she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Many of her novels have been made into television movies including The Fulfillment, Home Song, and Family Blessings and the major motion picture Morning Glory. She retired from writing in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by LaVyrle Spencer
Day Late and A Dollar Short, A 2 copies
Separate Beds #, Forsaking all Others #, A Promise to Cherish #, — Author — 1 copy
O triunfo do amor (70) 1 copy
A Fountain Filled with Blood 1 copy
The Brethern 1 copy
Přísahy 1 copy
a braccia aperte 1 copy
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Straight • Morning Glory • Touching the Void • The Negotiator (1990) — Contributor — 8 copies
Livros Condensados: O Sócio | O Céu Na Terra | Jogo Mortífero | Laços De Sangue (1998) — Author — 4 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Come to Grief • Coming Home • Oscar: The True Story of a Husky • That Camden… (1996) 3 copies
Kirjavaliot: Pelikaanimuistio, Onnen sirpaleet, Paluu, Kuin kulkisi pimeässä (1994) — Author — 3 copies
Het Beste Boek 161: De koning van het meer / Een tweede kans / De genadeloze nacht / Parels voor Anna — Author — 3 copies
Het Beste Boek 182: Het alibi / Die zomer in Camden / Het vierkant van de wraak / De vlucht van de valk (1997) — Author — 2 copies
Time Life Book Digest: The Burden of Proof / Bitter Sweet / The Longest Tunnel / The Gold Coast (1990) 2 copies
Livros Condensados: Furacão em Nova Iorque | Bracken| O Triunfo do Amor | O Peregrino do Estuário (1992) 2 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Night Over Water • Bygones • Search Dog • Doctor on Trial — Contributor — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Tiebreaker, Morning Glory, Her Name Will Be Faith, Johnnie Alone 1 copy
Readers Digest Select Editions (The Final Judgement, Icebound, That Camden Summer, Wildfire) (1997) — Author — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1943-07-17
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Birthplace
- Browerville, Minnesota, USA
- Places of residence
- Browerville, Minnesota, USA
Stillwater, Minnesota, USA - Occupations
- Teacher's aide
Novelist - Relationships
- Spencer, Dan (husband)
Spencer, Amy (daughter)
Spencer, Beth (daughter) - Short biography
- LaVyrle was born on July 17, 1943 in Browerville, Minnesota, USA, where she grew up. Married with her high school sweetheart Dan Spencer, shortly after her graduation, they had two daughters, Amy and Beth (d. 1990).
LaVyrle worked as a teacher's aide at Osseo Junior High School, when in her thirties, she read Kathleen E. Woodwiss's novel "The Flame and Flower", which gave her the idea to become a novelist. She decided to try transferring to paper a recurring dream she was having about a story based on her grandmother's lifestyle on a Minnesota farm. Her story became her first manuscript, The Fulfillment, that she sent to Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. The bestselling author read the novel and promptly mailed it to her own editor at Avon. The editor purchased the novel, which was published in 1979. She was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame in 1988. She wrote 23 sweet historical and contemporary novels. Published around the world, her works included 12 New York Times Bestsellers, and have been won 4 RITA Awards, 3 Golden Medallion Award and a Minnesota Book Awards. LaVyrle said: "the trademark of my books is mending relationships, showing people how to mend relationships."
LaVyrle was a founding member of the Midwest Fiction Writers (MFW), chapter 24 of the Romance Writers of America. Four of LaVyrle's novels were produced as television movies: The Fulfillment in 1989 (She and her husband appear as extras in the film), Morning Glory in 1993, Home Song in 1996 and Family Blessings in 1999.
LaVyrle and her husband are grandparents. Her husband was a retired estimator for a general contractor, and she also decided to retire from writing in 1997, after 18 years of career. They live in a Victorian house in her native Minnesota, where she enjoys gardening, cooking, playing bass guitar and electric piano, and photography.
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