Wendy Brennan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1940 Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 12 December 2020 (aged 80) Forresters Beach, New South Wales, Australia |
| Pen name | Emma Darcy |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1983–2013 |
| Genre | Romance novels, suspense |
Frank Brennan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 |
| Died | 1995 (aged 58–59) |
| Pen name | Emma Darcy |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1983–1995 |
| Genre | Romance novels, suspense |
Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 – 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrote on her own. She lived in New South Wales, Australia.
Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averaged six new books per year.[1]
In 2002, Darcy's first crime novel Who Killed Angelique? won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. In 2003, the next novel, Who Killed Bianca, was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.[2]