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Roberta Leigh
BornRita Shulman
(1926-12-22)22 December 1926
London, United Kingdom
Died19 December 2014(2014-12-19) (aged 87)
London, England
Pen nameRoberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott, Rozella Lake
OccupationWriter, filmmaker, composer, painter
EducationSt Mary's Convent, Rhyl, Wales[1]
Period1950–2013
GenreRomantic novels, children's stories, science fiction, romantic murder mysteries
Spouse
Michael Lewin
(m. 1948; died 1981)
Children1

Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin (née Shulman) (22 December 1926 – 19 December 2014) who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Roberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott and Rozella Lake.

She published her first novel in 1950 and was still actively working on new titles until a year before her death. In addition, she wrote and produced the children's puppet television series The Adventures of Twizzle, Sara and Hoppity, Torchy the Battery Boy, Wonder Boy and Tiger, Send for Dithers and Space Patrol.

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Torchy the Battery Boy

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List of Harlequin Romance novels released in 1970

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List of Harlequin Romance novels released in 1974

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