Rona Shambrook, née Green (born 16 June 1911, date of death unknown), was a British writer of over 50 gothic and romance novels, and some non-fiction books, under the pseudonym of Rona Randall from 1942 to 2001.
[1] Shambrook was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England[2] Her education includes Pitmans College in London, a Diploma in English literature at Royal Society of Art, Birkenhead School of Art Literary.
[3] A former actress, before writing she worked also as journalist and sub-director of the publishing company Amalgamated Press, and as assistant editor of George Newnes Ltd.[3] Published since 1942, she started publishing mainly contemporary doctor-nurse romances, before writing also gothic romances and, when the market for gothic novels softened, historical mystery romances.
[1] In 1989, she wrote The Model Wife: Nineteenth Century Style, a book about social constumbres, including clothing.
In 1992, she wrote Writing Popular Fiction, a complete guide for writers.