Eleanor Alice Burford
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Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty and the three volumes of her history of the Spanish Inquisition, Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under pseudonyms Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate.
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Born | Eleanor Alice Burford (1906-09-01)1 September 1906 Canning Town, London, England |
Died | 18 January 1993(1993-01-18) (aged 86) At sea between Athens, Greece, and Port Said, Egypt |
Pen name | Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate, Anna Percival |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | British |
Period | 1941–1993 (52 years) |
Genre | Historical fiction, Gothic fiction, Romantic fiction |
Notable awards | Romance Writers of America – Golden Treasure award 1989 Significant contribution to the romance genre |
Spouse | George Percival Hibbert |
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In 1989, the Romance Writers of America gave her the Golden Treasure award in recognition of her contributions to the romance genre.[1] By the time of her death, she had written more than 200 books that sold more than 100 million copies and had been translated into 20 languages.[2] She continues to be a widely borrowed author among British libraries.[3]