Tom E. Huff

Thomas Elmer Huff (January 8, 1938 – January 16, 1990) was a best-selling American author of 23 gothic and romance novels as T. E. Huff and Tom E. Huff and under the female pen names Edwina Marlow, Beatrice Parker, Katherine St. Clair, and Jennifer Wilde.

Careers Thomas Elmer Huff was born on January 8, 1938, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. He graduated from Poly High School and from Texas Wesleyn College in 1960. He spent several years as English teacher at R. L. Paschal High School before becoming a novelist.

He wrote gothic novels for nine years under the pseudonyms Edwina Marlow, Beatrice Parker, T. E. Huff, and Katherine St. Clair. His historical romances were noted for being written in first person, from the heroine's perspective.

Huff earned a Career Achievement Award in 1987–1988 from Romantic Times.

Huff died suddenly of a massive heart failure on 16 January 1990 in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was buried.