Evelyn Anthony
Evelyn Anthony | |
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Evelyn in 1986 | |
| Born | Evelyn Bridget Patricia Stephens 3 July 1926 Lambeth, London, UK |
| Died | 25 September 2018 (aged 92) Horham Hall, Essex, UK |
| Pen name | Evelyn Anthony |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse |
Michael Ward-Thomas
(m. 1955; died 2004) |
| Children | 6 |
Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas (née Stephens; 3 July 1926 – 25 September 2018), better known by the pen name Evelyn Anthony, was a British writer. Anthony was born in the Lambeth district of London. She had a very prolific writing career, translated into at least 19 languages and her 1971 novel The Tamarind Seed was adapted for a film in 1974, starring Julie Andrews as Judith Farrow.