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Anne Eyre Worboys

アン・エア・ウォーボイズ

Anne Eyre Worboys

Aliases: Annette Isobel Eyre Worboys
Pen Names: Annette EyrePen name used for romance novels, Vicky MaxwellPseudonym used for early romance novels, Anne WorboysPen name used for suspense novels

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1920 (Auckland, New Zealand)
Died
2007-06 (Leigh, Kent, England) age 87
Nationality
New Zealander, British
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Auckland, New Zealand → Leigh, Kent, England

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1961-1999

Awards

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
1977
Work: Every Man A King
Organization: Romantic Novelists' Association
Result: Winner
Mary Elgin Award
1975
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Every Man A King

1975 Romance, Suspense
romancesuspense

Dream of Petals Whim

1961 Romance
romance

Palm Rock and Paradise

1961 Romance
romance

Bibliography

  • Dream of Petals Whim
  • Palm Rock and Paradise
  • Call from a Stranger
  • Three Strings to a Fortune
  • Visit to Rata Creek
  • The Valley of Yesterday
  • A Net to Catch the Wind
  • Return to Bell Bird Country
  • The House of Five Pines
  • The River and Wilderness
  • A Wind from the Hill
  • Thorn-Apple
  • Tread Softly in the Sun
  • Dolphin Bay
  • The Little Millstones
  • Rainbow Child
  • The Magnolia Room
  • Venetian Inheritance
  • Chosen Child
  • Flight to the Villa Mistra
  • The Way of the Tamarisk
  • High Hostage
  • The Other Side of Summer
  • The Lion of Delos
  • Every Man A King
  • The Barrancourt Destiny
  • The Bhunda Jewels
  • Run, Sara, Run
  • Greek Idyll
  • A Kingdom for the Bold
  • China Silk
  • Alice
  • Village Sins
  • Season of the Senses
  • You Can't Sing Without Me
  • Hotel Girl
  • Relative Strangers
  • House of Destiny
  • Shifting Sands

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Romance novel styleNarrative with suspense elements

Legacy

New Zealand-British writer of 40 romance and suspense novels. Won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 1977 for Every Man A King.

Trivia

  • Served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force from 1942 to 1945.
  • Married Walter Brindy Worboys on 20 September 1946, with two daughters Carolyn and Robin.