Facts:   - language: english    - period: 1961 -- 2001    - birth name: june ellis    - death date: 19 april 2006    - genre: romance    - spouse: ronald knox-mawer -lrb- 1951 -- 2007 -rrb-      - pseudonym: june knox-mawer    - birth date: 10 may 1930    - children: 2    - name: june ellis knox-mawer    - awards: rona award    - nationality: british    - birth place: wrexham , wales , uk    - occupation: writer , novelist , radio broadcaster   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of june knox-mawer .
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june knox-mawer , née `` ellis '' -lrb- 10 may 1930 in wrexham , wales -- 19 april 2006 -rrb- was a british writer of non-fiction books and romance novels and a radio broadcaster .in 1992 , her novel `` sandstorm '' won the romantic novel of the year award by the romantic novelists ' association .