In a blog published today by the Telegraph newspaper, Scottish author Allan Massie pays tribute to the "extraordinary talent" of the late romance author Penny Jordan who died recently. Penny Jordan wrote over 190 romance novels during her long career. Writing mostly for Mills and Boon, she was one of the world's best known romantic fiction…

Penny Jordan, the pen name of much loved British romantic fiction author Penny Halsall, passed away on 31st December 2011 at the age of 65.

Born in Preston, Lancashire in 1946 she began creating stories at the age of eight for her younger sister and credits a competition run by the Romantic Novelists Association, of helping her to garner her first publication deal.

After…