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Anne Eyre Worboys

1920 – 2007

British writer

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About Anne Eyre Worboys

Lived 1920 – 2007 (aged 86–87). Anne Eyre Worboys was a British and New Zealand novelist and writer.

Anne Eyre Worboys (1920 – June 2007) was a New Zealand-British writer of 40 romance and suspense novels. She also signed her novels as Annette Eyre and Anne Worboys, and under the pseudonym of Vicky Maxwell. In 1977, her novel Every Man A King ( Rendezvous with Fear) won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Biography

Personal life Born Annette Isobel Eyre on 1920 in Auckland, New Zealand, daughter of Agnes Helen (Blair) and Thomas Edwardes Eyre. She served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, from 1942 to 1945.

On 20 September 1946, she married Walter Brindy Worboys, and had two daughters, Carolyn and Robin.

Annette Worboys died in June 2007 in Leigh, Kent, England, UK.

Career and works She started writing romances as Anne Eyre Worboys and Annette Eyre, after five romances under the pseudonym of Vicky Maxwell, she wrote as Anne Worboys suspense novels with some romantic elements. She won the Mary Elgin Award in 1975, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association in 1977 by her novel Every Man A King (a.k.a. Rendezvous with Fear).

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Born
1920, Auckland
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Awards
Romantic Novelists' Association Awards; RoNA Award
Also known as
Annette Eyre, Vicky Maxwell, Anne Worboys, Annette Isobel Eyre, Annette Isobel Eyre Worboys

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Anne Eyre Worboys?

British writer

When was Anne Eyre Worboys born?

Anne Eyre Worboys was born in 1920 in Auckland.

When did Anne Eyre Worboys die?

Anne Eyre Worboys died on 1 June 2007 in Leigh.

What was Anne Eyre Worboys's occupation?

Anne Eyre Worboys was a novelist and writer.

What nationality was Anne Eyre Worboys?

Anne Eyre Worboys was British and New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anne Eyre Worboys

· Wikidata: Q4768319

· DBpedia: Anne Eyre Worboys

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