Joyce Dingwell

Joyce Dingwell, née Enid Joyce Owen Starr (1909 in City of Ryde, Sydney, Australia – 2 August 1997 in Kincumber, Sydney), an Australian writer of more than 80 romance novels at Mills & Boon from 1931 to 1986, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Kate Starr. Her novel The House in the Timberwoods (1959), had been made into a motion picture: The Winds of Jarrah (1983).

She was born Enid Joyce Owen Starr on 1909 in City of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. She was the first Australian writer, who lived in Australia, to be published by Mills & Boon.

My romance writing began with an avid romance-reading mother who devoured so many romances each week that I decide to save library trips by supplementing the supply myself.