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| Personal life | 3>
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on 24 November 1946 in Preston, Lancashire, England, and weighed about eight pounds. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, who died aged 85, and his wife, Margaret Louise Groves Jones, 86,[1] who passed to Jones her Scots Celtic heritage.[3] She has a brother, Anthony Jones, and a sister, Prudence "Pru" Jones.
She had been a keen reader from childhood. Her mother would leave her in the children's section of the local library while she changed her father's library books.[3] Her story-telling career began at the age of eight when she began telling original bedtime stories to her younger sister.[4]
Her all-time favourite books were those of Jane Austen, Dorothy Dunnett, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare's plays and poetry and the Bible.[5] After reading a serialised Mills & Boon book in a woman's magazine, she fell in love with the hero. Jones was eleven and she quickly became an avid fan.[4]
Jones left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography.[1] In her early days, she spent fourteen years working as a shorthand typist in Manchester.
Jones married Steve Halsall, an accountant and "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity.[1] They did not have children, but she had a bakers dozen of assorted godchildren nieces and nephews.[3]
Widowed, Jordan wrote from an office in her mock Tudor house in Nantwich, Cheshire, a home that she shared with her dog, Sheba, and cat, Posh.
Jordan ran a writing group where she helped other aspiring writers to develop their craft, pointing them to agents and publishers who might be interested in their work. She was also active in women's charities in her native England.
Jordan died of cancer on 31 December 2011.[6]
[edit] | Tags:Preston, Lancashire,Cheshire, England,Novelist,British,Contemporary Romance,Historical Romance,Pen Name,Best-selling,Romance Novels,Historical Romances,Nantwich,Cheshire,England,Jane Austen,Dorothy Dunnett,Catherine Cookson,Georgette Heyer,Charles Dickens,William Shakespeare,Bible,Manchester,Romantic Novelists' Association,Duchess In Disguise,Arlington Books,Warner Books,G.k. Hall,Corgi Books,Prior,Columbine House,Mills & Boon,Harlequin,Emma Darcy,Emma Goldrick,Carole Mortimer,Gina Wilkins,Cathy Gillen Thacker,Marisa Carroll,Day Leclaire,Lindsay Armstrong,Leigh Michaels,Vicki Lewis Thompson,Betty Neels,Anne Mcallister,Sally Wentworth,Lynne Graham,Lucy Gordon,Anne Mather,Darcy Maguire, Writing career | 3>
By her early twenties, Jordan was writing for herself, but her writing career began in earnest when she was 30, encouraged and supported by her husband. He bought her, at a time when he could ill afford it, the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first books.[3]
She entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she did not win, an agent, who was looking for a new-style Georgette Heyer, contacted the R.N.A.[1]
In March 1979, she published her first novel under the pseudonym Caroline Courtney, Duchess in Disguise, the same year she published other 4 books. Under this penname she published 25 regency romances until 1986. Her novels was published by different editorials: Arlington Books, Warner Books, G.K. Hall, Corgi Books, Prior...
From 1981 to 1983, she signed 3 air-hostess romps as Melinda Wright and 2 thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock, published by Columbine House.[1]
In 1981, Mills & Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey signed as Penny Jordan. Since then, almost 70 million copies of her 167 Mills & Boon (or Harlequin) novels have been sold worldwide.[1]
Some of Penny Jordan's novels are part of series, created by her or in collaboration with other authors. Her favourite Penny Jordan's Series is The Perfect Crightons.[5] The surname for Crighton family came from her late mother in law as it was her family name prior to her marriage. The Crighton live in the fictional town Haslewich, inspired in Nantwich, the Hasle is a play on her own married surname.[7]
Ellie Price as Annie Groves, 2003/08
From 2003, she returned to writing historical novels as Annie Groves (she adopted her mother's maiden-name[1]). Jordan gained much of her inspiration from human interest stories in the news as well as her own family history. She adapted a story told by her grandmother Elsie Jones in Ellie Pride.[2] This novel also began a family saga.
[edit] | Tags: Single novels | 4>
Duchess in Disguise (1979)
A Wager for Love (1979)
Love Unmasked (1979)
Guardian of the Heart (1979)
Dangerous Engagement (1979)
Love's Masquerade (1980)
The Fortunes of Love (1980)
The Romantic Rivals (1980)
Heart of Honour (1981)
Destiny's Duchess (1981)
The Masquerading Heart (1981)
Abandoned for Love (1981)
The Tempestuous Affair (1981)
Love of My Life (1981)
Love Triumphant (1981)
Lover's Victory (1981)
The Courier of Love (1982)
Love in Waiting (1982)
Libertine in Love (1982)
The Daring Heart (1982)
Forbidden Love (1982)
Hearts or Diamonds (1985)
Prisoner of Passion (1985)
Dual Enchantment (1985)
Conspiracy of Kisses (1986)
[edit] | Tags: Single Novels | 4>
Falcon's Prey (1981)
Tiger Man (1981)
Marriage without Love (1981)
Blackmail (1982)
Long Cold Winter (1982)
Caged Tiger (1982)
Daughter of Hassan (1982)
Northern Sunset (1982)
Island of the Dawn (1982)
An Unbroken Marriage (1982)
Bought with His Name (1982)
Escape from Desire (1982)
Desire's Captive (1983)
Forgotten Passion (1983)
Man Hater (1983)
Rescue Operation (1983)
Flawed Marriage (1983)
Phantom Marriage (1983)
Sudden Engagement (1983)
Passionate Protection (1983)
Savage Atonement (1983)
The Inward Storm (1984)
Love's Choices (1984)
Response (1984)
Shadow Marriage (1984)
Wanting (1984)
Darker Side of Desire (1984)
Rules of the Game (1984)
Campaign for Loving (1985)
Permission to Love (1985)
Taken Over (1985)
Time Fuse (1985)
You Owe Me (1985)
What You Made Me (1985)
The Friendship Barrier (1985)
Only One (1985)
The Six-Month Marriage (1985)
Exorcism (1985)
Fire With Fire (1985)
Injured Innocent (1985)
The Hard Man (1985)
Desire for Revenge (1985)
Capable of Feeling (1986)
A Man Possessed (1986)
Return Match (1986)
Desire Never Changes (1986)
Research into Marriage (1986)
A Reason for Marriage (1986)
Loving (1986)
Stronger Than Yearning (1986)
Too Short a Blessing (1987)
Passionate Relationship (1987)
A Savage Adoration (1987)
For One Night (1987)
An Expert Teacher (1987)
Substitute Lover (1987)
Levelling the Score (1987)
Fight for Love (1987)
Payment in Love (1988)
Special Treatment (1988)
Force of Feeling (1988)
Without Trust (1988)
Potential Danger (1988)
Lover's Touch (1988)
Power Play (1988)
A Reason for Being (1989)
Beyond Compare (1989)
Equal Opportunities (1989)
Valentine's Night (1989)
So Close and No Closer (1989)
Free Spirit (1989)
Bitter Betrayal (1989)
Silver (1989)
A Rekindled Passion (1989)
Rival Attractions (1990)
Time for Trust (1990)
Unspoken Desire (1990)
Breaking Away (1990)
Out of the Night (1990)
Game of Love (1990)
The Hidden Years (1990)
A Kind of Madness (1990)
Second Time Loving (1990)
Payment Due (1991)
A Forbidden Loving (1991)
A Time to Dream (1991)
Dangerous Interloper (1991)
Second-Best Husband (1991)
A Cure for Love (1991)
Stranger Form the Past (1991)
Past Passion (1991)
Law of Attraction (1992)
Lesson to Learn (1992)
Mistaken Adversary (1992)
Lingering Shadows (1992)
Past Loving (1992)
Passionate Possession (1992)
A Matter of Trust (1992)
Tug of Love (1992)
Yesterday's Echoes (1993)
For Better for Worse (1993)
French Leave (1994)
Cruel Legacy (1994)
Power Games (1995)
Unwanted Wedding (1995)
The Trusting Game (1995)
Her Christmas Fantasy (1996)
Stranger From The Past (1997)
Mission: Make-Over (1997)
To Love, Honour and Betray (1998)
Wanting His Child (1999)
One Intimate Night (1999)
The City-Girl Bride (2001)
Christmas Eve Wedding (2002)
Now or Never (2003)
Sweet Revenge (2005)
The Christmas Bride (2006)
Her Lover Her Husband (2006)
The Italian Duke's Wife (2006)
The Sheikh's Blackmailed Mistress (2008)
The Boss's Marriage Arrangement (2008)
[edit] | Tags: The Bride's Bouquet Series | 4>
Woman to Wed? (1996)
Best Man to Wed? (1996)
Too Wise to Wed? (1996)
The Bride's Bouquet (Omnibus) (2000)
Duet: Woman to Wed? / Best Man to Wed? (2005)
[edit] | Tags: The Perfect Crightons Series | 4>
A Perfect Family (1997)
The Perfect Seduction (1997)
Perfect Marriage Material (1997)
The Perfect Match? (1997)
The Perfect Lover (1998)
The Perfect Sinner (1999)
The Ultimate Surrender (2000)
The Perfect Father (2000)
A Perfect Night (2000)
Coming Home (2000)
Starting Over (2001)
The Crightons: The Perfect Seduction / Perfect Marriage Material / The Perfect Match? (by Request 3's) (2001)
Women and Love: The perfect lover / The perfect father / The perfect night (2002)
[edit] | Tags: Sweet Revenge Or Seduction Series | 4>
Mistress Assignment (1999)
Lover by Deception (1999)
A Treacherous Seduction (1999)
The Marriage Resolution (1999)
[edit] | Tags: Sheikh's Arabian Nights Series | 4>
The Sheikh's Virgin Bride (2003)
One Night with the Sheikh (2003)
Possessed by the Sheikh (2005)
Taken By The Sheikh (2007)
[edit] | Tags: Jet Set Wives Series | 4>
Bedding His Virgin Mistress (2005)
Expecting The Playboy's Heir (2005)
Blackmailing the Society Bride (2005)
Jet Set Wives (Omnibus) (2008)
[edit] | Tags: The Leopardi Brothers Saga | 4>
Captive At the Sicilian Billionaire's Command (2009)
The Sicilian Boss's Mistress (2009)
The Sicilian's Baby Bargain (2009)
[edit] | Tags: Wedlocked! Series Multi-Author | 4>
The Blackmail Baby (2002)
Marco's Convenient Wife (2002)
Mistress to Her Husband (2004)
[edit] | Tags: The Royal House Of Niroli Series Multi-Author | 4>
1. The Future King's Pregnant Mistress (2007)
8. A Royal Bride At the Sheikh's Command (2008)
[edit] | Tags: Collections | 4>
Penny Jordan Collection (1984)
Best of Penny Jordan: Falcon's Prey / Tiger Man (1986)
Penny Jordan Omnibus: Shadow Marriage / Man-hater / Passionate Protection (1992)
Penny Jordan Collection: Fire with Fire / Capable of Loving / Substitute Lover (1993)
Two complete stories by Penny Jordan: Game of Love / Time for Trust (1995)
Mistletoe Magic (1996)
Marriage of Convenience: Loving / Injured Innocent / The Six-Month Marriage (2000)
Collector's edition: A Perfect Family / To Love, Honor and Betray / The Perfect Sinner (2000)
A Collection: Shadow Marriage / Man-Hater / Passionate Protection (2002)
Duet: Stronger Than Yearning / Silver (2004)
Sweet Seduction (2005)
Duet: Rules of the Game / Passionate Possession (2005)
Duet: Perfect Family / Fantasy for Two (2006)
The Sheikh's Bride (2006)
[edit] | Tags: Omnibus in collaboration | 4>
Sunsational (1991) (Fantasy by Emma Darcy / Rent-A-Bride by Emma Goldrick / You Owe Me by Penny Jordan / Lovers in the Afternoon by Carole Mortimer)
Matched By Mistake (1996) (Passionate Protection by Penny Jordan / Hotline by Gina Wilkins / Forbidden Surrender by Carole Mortimer)
Yours, Mine And Ours (1997) (Penny Jordan with Cathy Gillen Thacker and Marisa Carroll)
Christmas Treats (1998) (Figgy Pudding by Penny Jordan / A man for all seasonings by Day Leclaire / All the trimmings by Lindsay Armstrong)
Wedded Bliss (1999) (They're Wed Again by Penny Jordan / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer)
A Man for Mum! (1999) (Wanting His Child by Penny Jordan / The Boss and the Baby by Leigh Michaels / One Mum Too Many by Vicki Lewis Thompson)
Nearly Weds! (1999) (Making Sure of Sarah by Betty Neels / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer / They're Wed Again! by Penny Jordan
Christmas Presents (1999) (Penny Jordan with Anne McAllister and Sally Wentworth)
Latin Lovers (2000) (A Spanish Christmas by Penny Jordan / The Christmas Eve Bride by Lynne Graham / Christmas in Venice by Lucy Gordon)
Wed Again! (2001) (They're Wed Again! by Penny Jordan / Anne Mather / The Man She'll Marry by Carole Mortimer)
Christmas with a Latin Lover (2001) (The Christmas Eve Bride by Lynne Graham / A Spanish Christmas by Penny Jordan / Christmas in Venice by Lucy Gordon)
What Women Want! (2002) (Penny Jordan with Darcy Maguire)
City Girls (2002) (Penny Jordan with Liz Fielding and Jessica Hart)
Winter Weddings (2002) (Christmas Eve Wedding by Penny Jordan / A Scandalous Courtship by Gail Whitiker / Snowbound Sweetheart by Judy Christenberry)
For Love Or Money (2003) (Unwanted Wedding by Penny Jordan / The Borghese Bride by Sandra Marton)
Greek Millionaires (2004) (Penny Jordan with Anne McAllister and Sara Craven)
Strictly Business (2004) (The Temp and the Tycoon / The Fiance Deal by Liz Fielding with Penny Jordan and Hannah Bernard)
Boardroom to Bedroom (2005) (The Boss's Marriage Arrangement by Penny Jordan / His Darling Valentine by Carole Mortimer)
Plain Jane Makeover (2005) (Penny Jordan with Miranda Lee and Barbara McMahon)
The Mills and Boon Collection: 3 Full-Length Stories (2006) (Penny Jordan with Margaret Way and Caroline Anderson)
Marco's Convenient Wife Penny Jordan / The Mistress's Secret by Julia James) (2006)
The Innocence Collection (2007) (Innocent Bride by Penny Jordan / Innocent Desires by Carole Mortimer / Innocent Seduction by Kay Thorpe)
[edit] | Tags: World War II Series | 4>
Goodnight Sweetheart, 2006
Some Sunny Day;, 2006
The Grafton Girls, 2007
As Time Goes By, 2007
[edit] | Tags: Campion Family Series | 4>
Across the Mersey, 2008
Daughters of Liverpool, 2008
The Heart of the Family, 2009
Where the Heart Is, 2009
When the Lights Go On Again, 2010
[edit] | Tags: References and sources | 2>
^ a b c d e f g h Penelope Jones Halsall by David Charters in Liverpool Daily Post, http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/previewsandreviews/tm_headline=italian-flavour-in-our-city%26method=full%26objectid=18851816%26page=1%26siteid=50061-name_page.html, retrieved 2007-08-20
^ a b Harper Collins's Biography, http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/authors/default.aspx?id=2327, retrieved 2007-08-03 [dead link]
^ a b c d e Harlequin Present's Biography, http://www.harlequinpresents.com/authors/jordan_bio.html, retrieved 2007-08-03
^ a b Mills & Boon's Biography, http://www.millsandboon.co.uk/cgi-bin/millsandboon.storefront/46b3a1af00487708273f58d0dc9e06ba/Export/products/AUTH-2D000269?Display=Biography, retrieved 2007-08-03 [dead link]
^ a b Mills & Boon's Interview, http://www.millsandboon.co.uk/cgi-bin/millsandboon.storefront/46b22b990045d040274158d0dc9e06bd/Export/products/AUTH-2D000269?Display=Interview, retrieved 2007-08-02 [dead link]
^ "Penny Jordan, author of 200 romance novels, dies at 65". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/penny-jordan-author-of-200-romance-novels-dies-at-65/2012/01/20/gIQAfcJuGQ_story.html. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
^ Crighton books in Penny-Jordan.co.uk, http://www.penny-jordan.co.uk/crighton.htm, retrieved 2007-08-20
^ Fantastic Fiction's Book List by Caroline Courtney, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/caroline-courtney/, retrieved 2007-08-21
^ a b c Fantastic Fiction's Book List by Penny Jordan, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/j/penny-jordan/, retrieved 2007-08-02
^ Fantastic Fiction's Book List by Annie Groves, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/annie-groves/, retrieved 2007-08-02
[edit] | Tags: External links | 2>
Penny Jordan's Official Homesite & Annie Groves's Official Homesite
Nantwich Writers Official Website
Penny Jordan in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
Annie Groves in Harper Collins UK
Penny Jordan in Fantastic Fiction and Annie Groves in Fantastic Fiction
Persondata
Name
Halsall, Penelope Jones (complete name)
Alternative names
Jones, Penelope (birth name); Halsall, Penny (married name); Courtney, Caroline (pseudonym); Wright, Melinda (pseudonym); Hitchcock, Lydia (pseudonym); Jordan, Penny (pseudonym); Groves, Annie (pseudonym)
Short description
Novelist
Date of birth
24 November 1946
Place of birth
Preston, Lancashire, England
Date of death
31 December 2011
Place of death
Cheshire, England
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penny_Jordan&oldid=485657312"
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