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I was born in Montreal, Canada, to an Irish father, Terry, and a mother, Georgette, of Lebanese descent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
And after a “very angelic pregnancy,” Georgette Mercedes Vargas Vonprisk was born on March 8, 2023, incidentally the same date Valerie and Linda met.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025
Georgette Heyer, one of the most popular and influential romance authors of all time, was not a romantic when it came to her work.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023
In Oradour that day with Mr. Hébras were his mother and two of his three sisters, Georgette, age 22, and Denise, 9.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023
Mother was sunbathing on a towel which had red and purple stripes and she was reading a book by Georgette Heyer called The Masqueraders.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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