Charlotte Vale Allen
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Charlotte Vale-Allen is a writer
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 of contemporary fiction. She lived in the United Kingdom
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 from 1961 to 1964 working as a singer and actress. She emigrated to the United States
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 in 1966 following a brief return to Canada. After marrying Walter Bateman Allen Jr. in 1970, she moved to Connecticut where she has lived since.

Biography

Charlotte Vale-Allen was born in on January 19, 1941 in Toronto
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 and lived in England
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 (UK) from 1961 to 1964 where she worked as a television actress and singer. She returned to Toronto briefly, performing as a singer and in cabaret revues until she emigrated to the United States
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 in 1966.

When she married in 1970 with Walter Bateman Allen Jr., she made her home in Connecticut
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 and she began to write. Her first book, Daddy's Girl, was written in 1971, but was rejected by editors who considered the work too contentious.

As Charlotte Vale-Allen

  • Hidden Meanings 1976, Island Nation Press reissue
  • Love Life 1976 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Sweeter Music 1976 Island Nation Press reissue
  • "Another Kind of Magic" 1977 subsequently combined with HIDDEN MEANINGS
  • Gentle Stranger 1977 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Mixed Emotions 1977 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Running Away 1977 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Becoming 1978 Island Nation Press reissue
  • "Believing in Giants" 1978 reissued as MEMORIES Island Nation Press reissue
  • Gifts of Love 1978 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Julia's Sister 1978 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Meet Me in Time 1978 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Acts of Kindness 1979 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Moments of Meaning 1979 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Times of Triumph 1979
  • Daddy's Girl 1980 / ISBN 0-7710-8668-7 (McLelland and Stewart); ISBN 1-892738-34-1 (Island Nation reissue)
  • Promises 1980 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Perfect Fools 1981 Island Nation Press reissue
  • "The Marmalade Man" 1981—issued in paperback as DESTINIES Island Nation Press reissue
  • Intimate Friends 1983 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Pieces of Dreams 1984 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Matters of the Heart 1985 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Time/Steps 1986 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Illusions 1987 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Dream Train 1988 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Night Magic 1989 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Painted Lives 1990 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Leftover Dreams 1992 Island Nation Press reissue
  • Dreaming in Color 1993
  • Somebody's Baby 1995 / ISBN 1-55166-124-1 (Mira)
  • Claudia's Shadow 1996
  • Mood Indigo 1997 Island Nation Press LLC
  • Parting Gifts 2001
  • Grace Notes 2002 / ISBN 1-55166-667-7 (paperback
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    ) ISBN 1-55166-906-4 (hardcover
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    ) (Mira)
  • The Young Person's Dreambook, An Abuse Workbook, companion to Daddy's Girl 2002
  • Fresh Air 2003 / ISBN 0-7783-2023-5 (paperback) ISBN 1-55166-682-0 (hardcover) (Mira)
  • Sudden Moves 2004 / ISBN 0-7783-2036-7 (Mira)

As Katharine Marlowe

  • Heart's Desires 1991 / ISBN 1-55611-226-2 (D.I. Fine)
  • Secrets 1992 / ISBN 1-56054-430-9 (D.I. Fine)
  • Nightfall 1993 Island Nation Press reissue

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