Romantic Novelists' Association Awards (RoNA Awards)
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Edition 20 (1977) Winner
Anne Eyre Worboys
アン・エア・ウォーボイズ
Anne Eyre Worboys
Aliases:
Annette Isobel Eyre Worboys
Pen Names:
Annette Eyre（Pen name used for romance novels）,
Vicky Maxwell（Pseudonym used for early romance novels）,
Anne Worboys（Pen 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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Romantic Novel of the Year Award | Every Man A King | — | Romantic Novelists' Association | Winner |
| 1975 | Mary Elgin Award | — | — | — | Winner |
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.