Anne Rundle
| Anne Lamb Rundle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anne Lamb 1920 Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK |
| Died | 1989 (aged 68–69) |
| Pen name |
Anne Rundle, Joanne Marshall, Marianne Lamont, Alexandra Manners, Jeanne Sanders, Georgianna Bell |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1967–1986 |
| Genre | Gothic, romance |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Spouse | Edwin Charles Rundle |
| Children | 3 |
Anne Rundle, née Lamb (b. 1920 in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England – d. 1989), was a British writer of over 40 gothic and romance novels. She also used the pseudonyms of Joanne Marshall, Marianne Lamont, Alexandra Manners, Jeanne Sanders, and Georgianna Bell. She won the Netta Muskett Award for new writers, and is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]
Biography
Personal life
Born Anne Lamb on 1920[2] in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK,[3] daughter of Annie Sanderson and George Manners Lamb, a soldier.[4] She was educated at Army Schools, and attended Berwick High School for Girls.[3]
On 1 October 1949, she married Edwin Charles Rundle, and had one daughter, Anne, and two sons, James and Iain.[4] Anne Rundle died on 1989.
Career and works
She worked as civil servant on Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1942 to 1950. When she published her first novel in 1967, she won the Netta Muskett Award for new writers. She won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novels Cat on a Broomstick (1970) and Flower of Silence (1971). In 1974, she was named Daughter of Mark Twain.[4]
Bibliography
As Anne Rundle
Single novels
- The Moon Marriage (1967)
- Sword Light (1968)
- Dragonscale (1969)
- Forest of Fear (1969)
- Tamlane (1970)
- Rakehell (1970)
- Amberwood (1972)
- Lost Lotus (1972)
- Heronbrook (1975)
- Judith Lammeter (1976)
- Grey Ghyll (1978)
- Moonbranches (1986)
As Joanne Marshall
Single novels
- Cuckoo at Candlemas (1968)
- Cat on a Broomstick (1969)
- Dreaming Tower (1970)
- Flower of Silence (1970)
- Babylon Was Dust (1971)
- Wild Boar Wood (1972)
- Trellised Walk (1973)
- Sea-Song (1973)
- Follow a Shadow (1974)
- Valley of the Tall Chimneys (1975)
- Last Act (1976)
- The Peacock Bed (1978)
As Marianne Lamont
Single novels
- Dark Changeling (1970)
- Green Grass Moon (1970)
- Bitter Bride-Bed (1971)
- Follow a Shadow (1974)
- Nine Moons Wasted (1976)
- Horns of the Moon (1979)
- A Serpent's Tooth (1983)
As Alexandra Manners
Single novels
- The Stone Maiden (1973)
- Candles in the Wood (1974)
- The Singing Swans (1975)
- Sable Hunter (1977) aka Cardigan Square
- The White Moths (1970) aka Wildford's Daughter
Island Series
- Echoing Yesterday (1983)
- Karran Kinrade (1983)
- The Red Bird (1984)
- The Gaming House (1984)
As Jeanne Sanders
Single novels
- Spindrift (1974)
- The Winds of Time (1986)
As Georgianna Bell
Single novels
- Passionate Jade (1979)
References and sources
- ↑ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 5 August 2012
- ↑ Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749–2000 by Allen J. Hubin, 5 August 2012
- 1 2 James Vinson; D. L. Kirkpatrick (1982), Twentieth-century romance and gothic writers, Gale Research, p. 898
- 1 2 3 Robert Reginald; Douglas Menville; Mary A. Burgess (1979), Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volumen 2, p. 1142
- ↑ Joanne Marshall at FantasticFiction, 5 August 2012
- ↑ Alexandra Manners at FantasticFiction, 5 August 2012
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