Mary Balogh
24 March 1944
273 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Mary Jenkins was born on 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. After graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high-school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She also enjoys watching tennis and curling.
Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency love story, was published in 1985 as A Masked Deception under her married name. In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write full-time. She has written more than seventy novels and almost thirty novellas since then, including the New York Times bestselling Slightly sextet and Simply quartet. She has won numerous awards, including Bestselling Historical of the Year from the Borders Group, and her novel Simply Magic was a finalist in the Quill Awards.
Also published as: Mary Jenkins, Mary Jenkins Balogh
Most-read books
Under the Mistletoe
4.1 · 2003 · 69 want to read
The Obedient Bride
3.3 · 1989 · 44 want to read
The Double Wager
3.6 · 1985 · 47 want to read
An Unacceptable Offer
4.2 · 1988 · 51 want to read
Slightly Dangerous
4.7 · 2004 · 55 want to read
A Regency Christmas Feast
4.5 · 1996 · 41 want to read
Thief of Dreams
3.7 · 1998 · 45 want to read
Seducing an Angel
4.1 · 2009 · 43 want to read
The Secret Pearl
4 · 1991 · 42 want to read
The Ideal Wife
3.8 · 1991 · 37 want to read
Irresistible
3.9 · 1998 · 31 want to read
A Certain Magic
4 · 1991 · 34 want to read
First Comes Marriage
4.8 · 2008 · 33 want to read
An Unlikely Duchess ok
3.3 · 1990 · 32 want to read
A Matter of Class
3.7 · 2009 · 30 want to read
The First Snowdrop
3.2 · 1986 · 34 want to read
A Precious Jewel
3.6 · 1993 · 34 want to read
More than a Mistress / No Man's Mistress
4.7 · 2000 · 35 want to read
Dark Angel
4.3 · 1994 · 31 want to read
The Temporary Wife / A Promise of Spring ok
3.6 · 2012 · 29 want to read
Red Rose
3.5 · 1986 · 36 want to read
The Counterfeit Betrothal
3.7 · 1987 · 31 want to read
The Plumed Bonnet ok
4.3 · 1996 · 23 want to read
The Gilded Web
3.7 · 1989 · 25 want to read