Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert, was a British author of about 200 historical novels, which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death.
As Victoria Holt, she was considered one of the supreme writers of the Gothic romance, a compelling storyteller whose gripping novels of the darker face of love have thrilled millions.
As Jean Plaidy, she has won the accolade, "One of England's foremost historicals novelists."
As Philippa Carr, she had earned acclaim for producing the bestselling family saga,
Daughters of England
a series which follows the fortunes of one English family from Tudor time to the present day.
She also wrote under the names Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anne Percival, and Ellalice Tate.
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Victoria Holt
Jean Plaidy's Books on Amazon:
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Ellalice Tate
Source: Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk:
Love's Leading Ladies
( Cover Art by Elaine Gignilliat for Kirkland Revels by Victoria Holt )( Vintage Covers )
Alice Morgan wrote two titles as a Harlequin American Romance author. She also wrote for Candlelight Ecstasy Supreme.
Kathleen Thompson Norris (July 16, 1880, San Francisco, California – January 18, 1966, Palo Alto, California) was an American novelist, wife of fellow writer Charles G. Norris (Salt), whom she wed in 1909, and sister-in-law of the late social novelist Frank Norris (McTeague). She was educated in a special course at the University of California and wrote many popular romance novels that some considered sentimental and honest in their prose. Norris was the highest-paid female writer of her time, and many of her novels are held in high regard today. Many of her novels were set in California, particularly the San Francisco area. They feature detailed descriptions of the upper-class lifestyle. After 1910 she contributed to Atlantic, American Magazine, McClure's, Everybody's, Ladies' Home Journal, and Woman's Home Companion.
Virginia Ellis, pen name Lyn Ellis, versatile and award-winning author, passed away January 18, 2006.
, won a Maggie Award for Best Short Contemporary, the Waldenbooks award for Bestselling Series book from Harlequin in 1994, and was nominated in two categories for the prestigious RITA award. Her second book, In Praise of Younger Men
, was also nominated for a RITA.
