Rosamond Marshall

Rosamond Marshall
Born	Rosamond Van Der Zee October 17, 1902
Died	November 13, 1957
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Notable works	Kitty (1943), The Bixby Girls (1957)
Spouse	Albert Earl Marshall

Rosamond Marshall (October 17, 1902 – November 13, 1957) was an American novelist. She wrote historical romances for adult and youth readers during the 1940s and 1950s, and two of her novels, Kitty and The Bixby Girls, were made into motion pictures.

Early life

Marshall was born Rosamond van der Zee Botsford on October 17, 1893, New York City, New York, the daughter of Charles and Florence (née Topping Botsford).

Career

Her first published novel in English, None But the Brave, A Story of Holland (1942), for young people, won the New York Herald Tribune Spring Book Award.

Rosamond Marshall's novels for young people were overshadowed by the success of her historical romances for adults. The first of these, Kitty, set the pattern for a continuing series of novels which had sales (in paperback reprints) ranging from a million and a half to three million by 1942.

Two of Marshall's novels were made into motion pictures. The film, Kitty (1945), starred Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard, while All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) was based on her book The Bixby Girls, and starred Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, and George Hamilton.

Personal life

While in Turin, Italy she met and married an Italian, Pierro Antonio Gariazzo on December 26, 1914, and lived for a time in Rome. After divorcing Gariazzo, she married Albert Earl Marshall of New York City, USA, on August 10, 1936.

Death

In later life, Marshall divided her time between Southern California and her Vancouver Island, Canada farm. She died on November 13, 1957.

Bibliography

Published works by Rosamond Marshall:

• Marshall, Rosamond (1942). None But the Brave, A Story of Holland. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1943). Kitty. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce. ISBN 0-87529-516-9.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1946). The Treasure of Shafto. New York, J. Messner, Inc.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1946). Kitty. Cleveland : World Publishing Co. ISBN 0-87529-516-9.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1946). Duchess Hotspur (La duchesse de feu). New York, Prentice-Hall.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1947). Duchess Hotspur (La duchesse de feu). Paris, P. Dupont.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1947). Hertuginden. København, Jespersen og Pio.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1948). Kitty, Romanzo. [Traduzione di Ada Valori Piperno. Milano, J. Sapi.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1949). Celeste. New York, Prentice-Hall.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1951). Laird's Choice, A Novel. New York, Prentice-Hall.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1951). Celeste:Roman. Berlin-Schöneberg, Delta-Verlag.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1952). Bond of the Flesh, A Novel. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1952). Jane Hadden. New York, Prentice-Hall.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1953). The General's Wench. New York, Prentice-Hall.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1954). The Dollmaster. New York, Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-450-00295-0. (NB this has also been referred to as The Doll Master)
• Marshall, Rosamond (1954). The Loving Meddler. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1955). Rogue Cavalier. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1956). The Rib of the Hawk. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1957). Captain Ironhand. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts. ISBN 0-553-11724-6.
• Marshall, Rosamond (1957). The Bixby Girls. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.

Sources

• The New York Times p30 N 26’57 (Obituary)
• Current Biography 1942 page 575 which lists the following (New York Herald Tribune Books p8 My 10'42 pors Pub W 141:1768-9 My 9 '42 por)
• Current Biography 1957 page 273
• Twentieth Century Authors, First supplement, Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz, Assistant editor Vineta Colby 1955 pages 645-646