Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000)
Auteur de In the Still of the Night
A propos de l'auteur
Sheila Holland, known by her pen name Charlotte Lamb (born 22 December 1937 in Dagenham, Essex, England and died 8 October 2000 in Isle of Man), was a prolific and bestselling romantic novelist. She left school at 16, and got a job at the Bank of England as a clerk. Lamb continued to teach herself afficher plus by taking advantage of the bank's library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Lamb began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days and in between raising five children wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, among other pseudonyms, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Harlequin Mills & Boon in 1973. She died in October 2000 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Her full name was Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland, she started writing as Sheila Coates (her maiden name and as Sheila Holland (her married name). She also wrote under the pennames Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy.
Crédit image: Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland
Séries
Œuvres de Charlotte Lamb
Romance Treasury: Follow a Stranger / Man in Charge / The Bride of Romano (1977) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: The Blue Jacaranda / Sweet Sanctuary / The Rainbow Days (1982) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: This Wish I Have / Sister to Meryl / Desert Barbarian (1986) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: The Bahamian Pirate / Master of Ben Ross / Florentine Spring (1981) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: Heart of the Scorpion / The Winds of Heaven / Sweet Compulsion (1987) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Romance Treasury: Web of Silver / The Voice in the Thunder / Carnival Coast (1982) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
リッツで夕食 (エメラルドコミックス) 1 exemplaire
Strijd om de macht 1 exemplaire
Dreaming - Gadis Impian 1 exemplaire
Prijs van de hartstocht 1 exemplaire
Trois mots magiques 1 exemplaire
النصف الآخر180 1 exemplaire
92 لمن ترف الجفون 1 exemplaire
18 الدوامة 1 exemplaire
Die liefde van gister 1 exemplaire
Waar liefde wint 1 exemplaire
Il mio cuore lo sapeva 1 exemplaire
The Mortal Moon 1 exemplaire
O Palios arravoniastikos 1 exemplaire
Endelig den rette 1 exemplaire
Een man als geen ander 1 exemplaire
Een lang vergeten liefde 1 exemplaire
Duisternis komt nooit te vroeg 1 exemplaire
Carnaval la Veneţia 1 exemplaire
Öövaikuses 1 exemplaire
Violência 1 exemplaire
Nulla è cambiato 1 exemplaire
Tajná vášeň 1 exemplaire
In een tijdloze nacht 1 exemplaire
Gedreven door verlangen 1 exemplaire
Violation 1 exemplaire
Affascinante e imprevedibile 1 exemplaire
Wanneer de dooi inzet 1 exemplaire
Harlequin Presents Series, No. 1466 Thru 1469 1 exemplaire
Enkelinkuvia lumessa — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Romance Treasury: Meet the Sun Halfway / A Family Affair / Kyle's Kingdom (1979) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Obsession — Original Text — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Coates Holland, Sheila Ann Mary
- Autres noms
- Coates, Sheila
Holland, Sheila
Lamb, Charlotte
Woolf, Victoria
Lancaster, Sheila
Hardy, Laura - Date de naissance
- 1937-12-22
- Date de décès
- 2000-10-08
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- England (birth)
UK - Lieux de résidence
- Essex, England (birth)
Isle of Man - Études
- Ursuline Convent for Girls
- Professions
- novelist
bank clerk
secretary - Relations
- Holland, Richard (husband)
Holland, Sarah (daughter)
Holland, Jane (daughter) - Courte biographie
- Sheila Ann Mary Coates was born on 1937 in Essex, England, just before the Second World War in the East End of London. As a child, she was moved from relative to relative to escape the bombings of World War II. Sheila attended the Ursuline Convent for Girls. On leaving school at 16, the convent-educated author worked for the Bank of England as a clerk. Sheila continued her education by taking advantage of the B of E's enormous library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the BBC. While there, she met and married Richard Holland, a political reporter. A voracious reader of romance novels, she began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days with three children underfoot! In between raising her five children (including a set of twins), Charlotte wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Mills & Boon in 1973. She also used the pennames: Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy. Sheila was a true revolutionary in the field of romance writing. One of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflected the forefront of the "sexual revolution" of the 1970s. Her books touched on then-taboo subjects such as child abuse and rape, and she created sexually confident - even dominant - heroines. She was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship. A prolific author, Sheila penned more than 160 novels, most of them for Mills & Boon. Known for her swiftness as well as for her skill in writing, Sheila typically wrote a minimum of two thousand words per day, working from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. While she once finished a full-length novel in four days, she herself pegged her average speed at two weeks to complete a full novel. Since 1977, Sheila had been living on the Isle of Man as a tax exile with her husband and four of their five children: Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland. Sheila passed away on October 8, 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Island. She is greatly missed by her many fans, and by the romance writing community.
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Her full name was Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland, she started writing as Sheila Coates (her maiden name and as Sheila Holland (her married name). She also wrote under the pennames Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 215
- Aussi par
- 14
- Membres
- 2,425
- Popularité
- #10,578
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 48
- ISBN
- 749
- Langues
- 8