Joan Bramsch
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Born | February 25, 1936 St. Louis, Missouri |
Died | March 29, 2009 St. Louis | (aged 73)
Education | Washington University in St. Louis |
Occupation | Romance writer, teacher |
Organization | Romance Writers of America |
Spouse(s) | William E. Bramsch (1954) |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Melvin J. and Margaret (Lameker) Schlanger |
Joan Bramsch (February 25, 1936 – March 29, 2009), was an American entrepreneur, teacher, and romance writer. Her published work includes six romance novels and a non-fiction book about homeschooling.[1]
Born in St. Louis in 1936, the daughter of Melvin J. and Margaret Schlanger, she worked as a teletype and radio operator for Delta Air Lines in 1953 and 1954. In 1954, she married William E. Bramsch, an engineer. The couple had five children.[1]
A partner at Gee-Bee Specialties and a free-lance designer from 1970 through 1978, she tutored at private and public schools in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1976 through 1982 and started a business, Liberty Communications House, in 1979. Bramsch attended Washington University in St. Louis, completing an associate of arts degree in 1979, a bachelor of science (B.S.) in English in 1982, and a B.S. in communications and journalism in 1984. She contributed to periodicals and was the newsletter editor for Romance Writers of America from 1984 through 1986.[1]
Bramsch died on March 29, 2009, in St. Louis.[2]
Bibliography[]
Nonfiction[]
- Teach Me, I'm Yours (nonfiction) (1979) OCLC 6241088
Romance novels[]
- The Sophisticated Mountain Gal (1984) OCLC 11057664
- A Kiss to Make It Better (1984) OCLC 11504567
- The Light Side (1985) OCLC 11811225
- At Nightfall (1985) OCLC 12348889
- The Stallion Man 1985 OCLC 13313930
- With No Reservations (1987) OCLC 16348136
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Joan Bramsch". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2001. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ "Joan L. Bramsch". St. Louis Post Dispatch. April 1, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2019 – via Legacy.com.
- 1936 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century American women writers
- Writers from St. Louis
- Washington University in St. Louis alumni
- American romantic fiction writers
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Schoolteachers from Missouri
- American women educators