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Authors: Susan Howatch

The first page of the penultimate draft of
The Dark Shore
, Howatch’s first published novel (printed in the United States in 1965). The final draft was typed.
The Dark Shore
was written in England, and Howatch sent for it after she immigrated to America in 1964.

Howatch in 1971, at the time of publication of her first international bestseller,
Penmarric
.

Howatch in 1977, around the time of publication of her bestseller
The Rich Are Different
. This photo was taken in Ireland, where she was living then.

Howatch in 1978 with her eight-year-old daughter, Antonia.

Howatch in the mid-1980s, at the time of publication of
The Wheel of Fortune
.

During a 1992 publicity tour, Howatch’s
Mystical Paths
took over the windows of a paperback shop in Oxford.

Howatch at a 1993 dinner party for fifty people at the Ritz Hotel London, given by Eddie Bell, then CEO and chairman of HarperCollins, to celebrate Howatch’s Starbridge novels. Bell is on the right; on the left is the Very Reverend Michael Mayne, who was then Dean of Westminster Abbey.

In 1999, Howatch was elected Fellow of King’s College London, from which she graduated with a law degree in 1961.

Four generations of Howatch’s family in 2006: Susan (standing, third from left), with her daughter Antonia (second from left), her mother (holding baby), and her three grandchildren.

Howatch in 2007 with her three best friends from high school—“the three sisters I never had,” says Howatch. They are celebrating the fifty-fifth anniversary of their first meeting. From left to right: Hazel, Susan, Gay, and Jan.

Certificate recording the Honorary Doctorate of letters conferred on Howatch in 2012 by Hope College, Holland, Michigan.

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copyright © 1971 by Susan Howatch

cover design by Linda McCarthy

978-1-4532-6341-9

This edition published in 2012 by Open Road Integrated Media

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