Bethany Campbell Explained

Bethany Campbell
Pseudonym:Sally Lea McCluskey, Lisa Harris
Birth Name:Sally Lea Bostwick
Birth Date:April 27, 1941
Birth Place:Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Education:Wayne State Teachers College (BA)
University of Arkansas (MA)
Northern Illinois University (PhD)
Occupation:Novelist
Period:1984–2022
Genre:Romance
Awards:RITA Award

Sally Lea McCluskey (née Bostwick; April 27, 1941 – March 26, 2022), known by her pen names Bethany Campbell and Lisa Harris, was an American writer of romance novels.

Biography

Sally McCluskey was born on April 27, 1941, in Omaha, Nebraska. She received a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, an M.A. in English from the University of Arkansas, and a Ph.D. in English literature from Northern Illinois University, where she met her future husband, Dan Borengasser, a fellow graduate student.[1]

After graduation, she taught at her alma mater and later at Eastern Illinois University. She has also worked on a freelance basis as a writer for several greeting card companies. She published her first romance novel in 1984. She has received three Romance Writers of America RITA Awards,[2] three Romantic Times Reviewer Awards, a Maggie Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence. She died on March 26, 2022, at the age of 80.[3]

Awards

Bibliography

As Bethany Campbell

Single novels

Anthologies in collaboration

As Lisa Harris

Single novels

References and sources

  1. Web site: Bethany Campbell. eHarlequin.com. 2007-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183744/http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html;jsessionid=69F840741121C1F6AC68B13F6C713832?authorid=622. 2007-09-27. dead.
  2. Web site: Comprehensive List of RITA Winners. Romance Writers of America. https://web.archive.org/web/20061003171041/https://www.rwanational.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=PastRITAWinners. dead. 2006-10-03. 2007-04-16.
  3. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/sally-mccluskey-obituary?id=33900471 Sally Lea McCluskey