Comments on: Edith Layton, Author & Word Wench, Passes Away

By: marga

marga — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:33:31 +0000

she was a great writer and will be sorely missed!

By: hapax

hapax — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:50:23 +0000

Oh, how sad. I haven’t read one of her books for years, but she used to be on my Must Buy list. THE DISDAINFUL MARQUIS was one of the first books I fell madly in love with.

Wandering over to her website, and looking at the covers, I realize that for most of her books, I can recall the *actual scene in the story* the cover depicts. My goodness. How long has it been since cover art had anything to do with the story that way?

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:16:14 +0000

I can’t recall if I’ve read her or not.

:( how terrible for her family and friends.

By: Sunita

Sunita — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:59:41 +0000

This is so sad. Ovarian cancer strikes again, dammit.

I have a number of her early trads, including The Duke’s Wager. They were quite unusual for the period. A reread is definitely in order.

For Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me fans, did you know she was Adam Felber’s mother? Her kids were all really proud of her and her career, from what I’ve read.

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:19:17 +0000

It’s very sad. I haven’t read that many of her books and only one of her trads. But that one (The Duke’s Wager) was a keeper for me.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:48:29 +0000

She wrote some great older “trad” regencies. My condolences to her family and friends.