{{Short description|American author (1943–2020)}}{{Infobox person | name = Carolly Erickson | birth_date = January 1, 1943 | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|11|11|1943|1|1}} | occupation = Author of historical fiction and nonfiction }}
'''Carolly Erickson''' (born January 1, 1943–November 11, 2020) was an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction. In 2008, her book ''The Tsarina's Daughter'' won the RT Reader's Choice Award for best Historical Fiction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Fiction|url=https://www.rtbookreviews.com/award/2008/histroical-fiction|website=RT book reviews|access-date=6 October 2016|archive-date=9 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009113552/https://www.rtbookreviews.com/award/2008/histroical-fiction|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Personal life == Erickson lived in California, Hawaii and Washington State.<ref name="us.macmillan.com">{{Cite web |title=Author |url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/carollyerickson}}</ref> She died in Wenatchee, Washington on November 11, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2020 |title=The Wenatchee World Recent Obituaries: All of The Wenatchee World's Recent Obituaries |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/tributes/carolly-louise-erickson/article_402d0076-2910-11eb-9dcf-1373bce4a71d.html |url-status=usurped |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Wenatchee World}}</ref>
==Novels== * ''The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette'' (2005) * ''The Last Wife of Henry VIII'' (2006) * ''The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise'' (2007) * ''The Tsarina's Daughter'' (2008) * ''The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots'' (2009) * ''Rival to the Queen'' (2010) * '' The Favored Queen'' (2011) * ''The Unfaithful Queen'' (2012) * ''The Spanish Queen'' (2013)
==Non fiction== *''The Records of Medieval Europe'' (1971) *''The Medieval Vision: Essays in History And Perception'' (1976) *''Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor'' (1978) *''Civilization and society in the West'' (1978) *''Josephine: A Life of the Empress'' (1980) *''Great Harry: The Extravagant Life of Henry Viii'' (1980) *''Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the English Monarchs'' (1980) (''Brief Lives of the English Monarchs'' (2007) *''The First Elizabeth'' (1983) *''Mistress Anne'' (1984) *''Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England'' (1986) *''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1989) *''To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette'' (1991) *''Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia'' (1994) *''Her Little Majesty: The Life of Queen Victoria'' (1997) *''Arc of the Arrow: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography'' (1998) *''Alexandra: The Last Tsarina'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2001 |title=Alexandra: The Last Tsarina by Carolly Erickson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312253073 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexandra: The Last Tsarina |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/alexandra-the-last-tsarina/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Historical Novel Society}}</ref> *''The Girl from Botany Bay'' (2004) *''Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait Of Elizabeth II'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2004 |title=Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II by Carolly Erickson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312287344 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
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