Margaret Pemberton

Margaret Pemberton (née Hudson; born 10 April 1943) is a British writer of women's fiction since 1975. Beside her married name Margaret Pemberton, her writings have been published under her maiden name Maggie Hudson and the pseudonyms Carris Carlisle, Christina Harland, and Rebecca Dean.

Margaret Hudson Pemberton
Born	Margaret Hudson 10 April 1943 (1943-04-10) (age 82) Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Pen name	Margaret Pemberton, Carris Carlisle, Christina Harland, Maggie Hudson, Rebecca Dean
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	British
Period	1975-present
Genre	Romantic fiction, women's fiction
Spouse	Mike Pemberton
Children	5
Website
margaretpemberton.co.uk

A former chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1989–91) she has written novels in many different genres; romantic suspense, historical sagas, contemporary sagas and crime. Having travelled extensively, her novels are set in many different parts of the world.

Biography

Pemberton was born Margaret Hudson on 10 April 1943 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, daughter of Kathleen (Ramsden), an artist, and George Arthur Hudson, an architect.^[1]

Married with Mike Pemberton, she has five adult children and lives in Whitstable, Kent, with her husband, and two small dogs.^[2]

Pemberton was the fifteenth Chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association from 1989 to 1991^[3] and also served on the Crime Writers' Association Committee.

Published books

As Margaret Pemberton Romantic suspense[4] Rendezvous with Danger (1975) aka The Girl Who Knew Too Much Mystery of Saligo Bay (1976) aka The Last Letter The Guilty Secret (1979) aka A Dark Enchantment Tapestry of Fear (1979) Vengeance in the Sun (1980) aka The Villa d'Este Historical romance[4] Lion of Languedoc (1981) Pioneer Girl (1982) aka A Many-Splendoured Thing African Enchantment (1982) Flight to Verechenko (1983) aka A Rebellious Heart Devil's Palace (1983) aka The Reckless Miss Grainger Moonflower Madness (1993) Forget-me-Not Bride (1994) Nightshades[4] Forever (1982) aka Undying Love Period sagas[4] Silver Shadows, Golden Dreams (1985) aka Goddess Never Leave Me (1986) aka The Violins of Autumn A Multitude of Sins (1998) aka A Time to Remember White Christmas in Saigon (1990) An Embarrassment of Riches (1992) Zadruga (1994) The Londoners trilogy The Londoners (1995) Magnolia Square (1996) Coronation Summer (1997) Yorkshire Rose (1997) Harlot (1998) aka The Far Morning Yorkshire Rose (1997) The Four of Us (2004) A Season of Secrets (2015) Beneath the Cypress Tree (2017)

As Carris Carlisle Party in Peking (1987) aka From China With Love

As Christina Harland Waiting Wives (1991)

As Maggie Hudson Novels[5] Tell Me No Secrets (1999) Fast Women (2000) Looking for Mr Big (2001) Nowhere to Run (2002)

As Rebecca Dean Novels[6] Enemies of the Heart (2008) Palace Circle (2009) The Golden Prince (2010) The Shadow Queen (2012) aka Wallis (2012)