Anne Hampson was born on November 28 in England. At age six she had two ambitions: to teach and to write. Poverty after WWI deprived her of an education and at 14 she was making Marks & Spencer's blouses at one shilling (5p) each.
She retired when she married. Later, when her marriage broke up, she was homeless with £40 in her purse. She went back to the rag trade and lived in a tiny caravan. But she never forgot her two ambitions, and when Manchester University decided to trial older women she applied, and three years later had achieved one ambition, so set her thoughts on number two.
In 1969, her first novel, Eternal Summer, was accepted five days from posting and she soon had a contract for 12 more. From the caravan she went to a small stately home, drove a Mercedes and sailed on the QE2. From the first book, came over 125 more written for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette. Alan Boon (the Boon of Mills & Boon) and she came up with the title for 'Harlequin Presents' over lunch at the Ritz. She suggested to Alan that they have a historical series. He told her to write one - it was done in a month, entitled Eleanor and the Marquis under the pseudonym Jane Wilby. She has the distinction of being number one in Harlequin Presents, Masquerade and Silhouette. Many of "Presents" have been reprinted many times (some as many as 16) and are now fetching up to $55, being classed as "rare" books.
She has had 3 awards, one at the World Trade Centre where she received a standing ovation from her American fans, who had come from many states just to meet her.
She has written her autobiography, entitled Fate Was My Friend.
She is retired, but in 2005 she wrote two romance and crime novels, both of which were published by Severn House.
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Love So Rare
6 editions - first published in 1983 -
Another Eden
6 editions - first published in 1982 -
When love comes
5 editions - first published in 1982 -
The dawn is golden
4 editions - first published in 1983 -
Soft velvet night
4 editions - first published in 1983 -
Stormy Masquerade
4 editions - first published in 1980 -
Pride And Power
4 editions - first published in 1974 -
Bitter Harvest
4 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
A kiss from Satan
4 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow -
Stardust
4 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Strangers may marry
4 editions - first published in 1982 -
Man without honour
4 editions - first published in 1982 -
Harbour of love
4 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
Stars over Sarawak
4 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
A man to be feared
3 editions - first published in 1976 -
Sunset cloud
3 editions - first published in 1976 -
Shadow of Apollo
3 editions - first published in 1981 -
The hawk and the dove
3 editions - first published in 1970 -
Dreamtime
3 editions - first published in 1983 -
Enchantment
3 editions - first published in 1981 -
A touch of romance
3 editions - first published in 1988 -
The Dawn Steals Softly
3 editions - first published in 1980 -
The tender years
3 editions - first published in 1982 -
Payment In Full
3 editions - first published in 1980 -
Follow a shadow
3 editions - first published in 1971 -
Fascination
3 editions - first published in 1981 -
Wife for a penny
3 editions - first published in 1972 -
The rebel bride
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Stars of Spring
3 editions - first published in 1971 -
Devotion
3 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Beyond the sweet waters
3 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
Unwary Heart
2 editions - first published in 1969 -
2nd Tomorrow
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Hunter of the East
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
Love Hath an Island
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To buy a memory
2 editions - first published in 1983 -
Spell of the island
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Sweet second love
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South of capricorn
2 editions - first published in 1975 -
Coolibah Creek
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Reap the Whirlwind
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Two of a kind
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A man of importance
2 editions - first published in 1977 -
Dark Hills Rising
2 editions - first published in 1971 -
A Kiss and a Promise
2 editions - first published in 1982 -
The laird of Locharrun
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
An eagle swooped
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
Song of the waves
2 editions - first published in 1976 -
Pagan lover
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Stormy the way
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
Beloved Rake
2 editions - first published in 1972 -
The Night Is Ours
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
Heaven is high
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
Realm ofthe pagans
2 editions - first published in 1982 -
After sundown
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
Theremust be showers
2 editions - first published in 1984 -
Destiny
2 editions - first published in 1988 -
Moon Without Stars
2 editions - first published in 1974 -
Where eagles nest
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Unwanted bride
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
There came a tyrant
2 editions - first published in 1972 -
South of Mandraki
2 editions - first published in 1971 -
Boss of Bali Creek
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
Isle of the rainbows
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
The Shadow Between
2 editions - first published in 1977 -
Chateau in the palms
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
Bride for a night
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
A rose from Lucifer
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
Blue Hills Of Sintra
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
Second tomorrow
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Man of the Outback
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
For Love Of A Pagan
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
The Dead Can't Kill
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
To tame a vixen
2 editions - first published in 1978 -
South of the Moon
2 editions - first published in 1976 -
Man without a heart
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Dear stranger
2 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow -
When the clouds part
2 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow -
The way of a tyrant
2 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
By Fountains Wild
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
Beloved Vagabond
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Petals Drifting
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Gold is the Sunrise
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
The Dawn is Golden (SR#220)
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FIRE MEETS FIRE
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The Black Eagle
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Enchanted Dawn
1 edition - first published in 1972 -
Spell Of Island
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Sweet 2nd Love
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Realm Of Pagans
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Man Without Heart
1 edition - first published in 1980 -
There Must Showers
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Kiss And Promise
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
Man Of Outback
1 edition - first published in 1980 -
Temple of the dawn
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Windward crest
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Satan and the nymph
1 edition - first published in 1976 -
Call of the veld
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
Me ta pstera toi aitsu
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
Master of Forrestmead
1 edition - first published in 1978
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- Ann hampson
- Anne HAMPSON
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