Mary Mussi, née Edgar (27 December 1907 – 2 March 1991), was a British writer of over 50 romance novels as Mary Howard, who also wrote over 10 gothic romance as Josephine Edgar.
On 6 March 1934, she married Rudolph F. Mussi, they had one son, Max, and one daughter, Susan Jane.
[3] Mussi started writing contemporary romance novels as Mary Howard in 1930, later she used the penname of Josephine Edgar to sign her gothic historical romances.
She received three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novels More Than Friendship (1960), Countess (1979), and Mr Rodriguez (1980).
She was a past chairwoman of Society of Women Writers and Journalists.