Comments on: Kathleen Woodiwiss

By: susanwiggs

susanwiggs — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:08:22 +0000

Daneen, thank you, and what a treat you have in store for you. My personal faves from Woodiwiss are SHANNA and THE WOLF AND THE DOVE.

They will make you say “Harry Who???”

By: Daneen Hirbe

Daneen Hirbe — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:44:15 +0000

I happened upon Kathleen’s obituary in our local paper last week. I had never heard of her, but decided to start learning more about her and her books. Now I have recommended her books for our book club this coming year. We look forward to reading her works and so sorry she died so young.
With sympathy, Daneen Hirbe

By: “She was my first read…” « The View From Here

“She was my first read…” « The View From Here — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:01:16 +0000

[...] of readers were saddened by Kathleen’s passing. I was privileged to know her, having met her when she opened her amazing antebellum home to a [...]

By: Terri Farrell

Terri Farrell — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:08:47 +0000

Susan, my deepest sympathies go out to her son Heath,
her family and friends. She will be dearly missed.

Kathleen Woodiwiss was my first read.

She inspired an entire generation of readers and writers.

Her gift of story telling touched my heart and captured my imagenation
with her exciting adventures, vivid and interesting characters, and a
sense of time and place that brought the historical romance alive.

Yet it was much more than that. She transended the boundaries and
really connected with readers. It was her heart warming sincereity
and gentleness which raidiated from her books that made them so
very special to me and ones that I will always treasure.

She was a grand lady.

Thank you Kathleen.

May you rest in peace.

By: Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:35:41 +0000

Thanks, girls. I first met Kathleen in her beautiful historic home near Alexandria, Louisiana. She graciously opened her antebellum house to a group of writers attending a workshop there. I was incredibly nervous — she wrote SHANNA, after all, a book that changed my life because I decided to write a romance novel after reading it.

I told her this, and she was incredibly gracious and genuine, and through the years, we corresponded, eventually via e-mail. I knew she was sick but was hoping for the best. She was a very gentle, loving soul who was devoted to her family. She will always be remembered as one of the founders of the genre as we know it.

By: helensorenson

helensorenson — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:00:44 +0000

Please convey my sympathies to Heath upon the death of his mother, and his brother. I just got one of Kathleen’s books at Bookaholic, where they have quite a selection of her books. They are a nice legacy for us all to enjoy and remember her by.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:14:21 +0000

Kathleen was one of the first historical romance authors I read and very much one of my favorites. Her sense of humor was wonderfully written into her novels with great characters and entertaining stories that I still cherish today. May she rest in peace, she will be greatly missed. I look forward to reading her last novel.

Where did you meet her, Susan? Am I on target with her sense of humor?