Berta Ruck
Amy Roberta (Berta) Ruck, Mrs. Oliver Onions (2 August 1878 – 11 August 1978) was an Indian-born Welsh writer of over 90 romance novels from 1905 to 1972. She also wrote short stories, an autobiography, and two memoir-style works. Born Amy Roberta
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Amy Roberta (Berta) Ruck, Mrs. Oliver Onions (2 August 1878 – 11 August 1978) was an Indian-born Welsh writer of over 90 romance novels from 1905 to 1972. She also wrote short stories, an autobiography, and two memoir-style works. Born Amy Roberta Ruck on 2 August 1878 in Murree, Punjab, British India, as one of the eight children of Eleanor D'Arcy and Colonel Arthur Ashley Ruck, a British army officer. The family moved to Wales, where Ruck went to school in Bangor.
Bernard Darwin, the golf writer, and grandchild of Charles Darwin was her cousin. Many of her letters and manuscripts are archived in the National Library of Wales.
In 1909, she married a fellow novelist, (George) Oliver Onions (1873–1961). They had two sons: Arthur (born 1912) and William (born 1913). Her husband legally changed his name to George Oliver in 1918 but continued to publish under the name Oliver Onions.
Berta Ruck was widowed in 1961. She died in Aberdyfi on 11 August 1978, just nine days after her 100th birthday.
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