Ursula Joyce Torday | |
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| Born | Ursula Joyce Torday 19 February 1912 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 6 March 1997 (aged 85) Haywards Heath Sussex, England |
| Pen name | Ursula Torday Paula Allardyce Charity Blackstock Lee Blackstock Charlotte Keppel |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1935–1982 |
| Genre | Gothic, romance, mystery |
| Notable works | Witches' Sabbath |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Relatives | Emil Torday (father) |
Ursula Torday (/ˈtɔːrdeɪ/; 19 February 1912 in London, England – 6 March 1997), was a British writer of some 60 gothic, romance and mystery novels from 1935 to 1982. She also used the pseudonyms of Paula Allardyce (/ˈælərdaɪs/), Charity Blackstock, Lee Blackstock, and Charlotte Keppel. In 1961, her novel Witches' Sabbath won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association[1]