Essie Summers

Ethel Snelson Summers Flett
BornEthel Snelson Summers
(1912-07-24)24 July 1912
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died27 August 1998(1998-08-27) (aged 86)
Taradale, New Zealand
Pen nameEssie Summers
Occupationnovelist
NationalityNew Zealand
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Period1956–1997
SpouseWilliam Flett

Essie Summers (born Ethel Snelson Summers, 24 July 1912 – 27 August 1998) was a New Zealand writer whose romance novels sold more than 19 million copies in 105 countries. She was known as New Zealand's "Queen of Romance."