RIP belated

Mary Stewart, author (birthname Mary Rainbow -- too cool)

How did I miss this? She died back in May (or so). I hadn't thought about her for many years, but she was one of my favorite authors for many years. I suppose you'd call her books "romances," but her heroines were intelligent and brave, her settings were interesting, her plots not too outrageous, and her dialogue was witty and true.

Of all the books she wrote, I most enjoyed Nine Coaches Waiting.