Winsor, Kathleen (1919–2003)

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Winsor, Kathleen (1919–2003)

American writer. Born Oct 16, 1919, in Olivia, Minnesota; died May 26, 2003, in New York, NY; dau. of Myrtle Belle (Crowder) Winsor and Harold Lee Winsor; University of California, BA, 1938; m. Robert J. Herwig, 1936 (div. 1946); m. Artie Shaw (bandleader), 1946 (div.); m. Arnold Robert Krakower (lawyer), 1949 (div. 1953); m. Paul A. Porter (lawyer), 1956 (died 1975).

Began career as a reporter and receptionist for Oakland Tribune in Oakland, California (1938); published 1st book, Forever Amber (1944), which sold millions of copies and was banned in Boston; also wrote Star Money (1950), The Lovers (1952), America, with Love (1957), Wanderers Eastward, Wanderers West (1965), Calais (1979), Jacintha (1985) and Robert and Arabella (1986); served as a story consultant for tv series "Dreams in the Dust" (1971).

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