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Mary Jenkins Balogh | |
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| Born | Mary Jenkins 24 March 1944 Swansea, Wales |
| Pen name | Mary Balogh |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Welsh-Canadian |
| Period | 1985–present |
| Genre | Romance |
| Spouse | Robert Balogh |
| Children | 3 |
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Mary Balogh (born Mary Jenkins on 24 March 1944) is a Welsh-Canadian novelist writing historical romance, born and raised in Swansea. In 1967, she moved to Canada to start a teaching career, married a local coroner and settled in Kipling, Saskatchewan, where she eventually became a school principal. Her debut novel appeared in 1985. Her historical fiction is set in the Regency era (1811–1820) or the wider Georgian era (1714–1830).