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- Birth nameEvelyn Bridget Patricia Stephens
- Evelyn Anthony was born on July 3, 1926 in London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Tamarind Seed (1974) and Read All About It (1974). She was married to Michael Ward-Thomas and Michael Ward Thomas. She died on September 25, 2018 in Essex, England, UK.
- SpousesMichael Ward-Thomas(1956 - 2004) (his death, 6 children)Michael Ward Thomas(? - 2004) (his death, 6 children)
- Granddaughter of chemist-inventor Dr Henry Stephens, daughter of a naval hero , she wrote 50 books and was High Sheriff of Essex .
- She was a best-selling British novelist who moved from historical fiction to espionage thrillers, one of the first female writers in the spy genre. She wrote novels about Catherine the Great; Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; Queen Elizabeth I; and Anne Boleyn. In the late 1960s she began writing stories about Cold War espionage.
- Born Evelyn Ward Thomas, the writer took on the pen name Evelyn Anthony after Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lost items.
- What made me change from historical novels was getting to know people who had been in the Special Operations Executive and MI5 during the war. Listening to them talk fired my imagination and gave me ideas for several plots.
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