Barbara Erskine

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Barbara Erskine (born August 10, 1944 in Nottingham ; real name Barbara Hope-Lewis ) is an Irish-British author.

Life

Her father's family lived in the British East India Company for 200 years . Her mother's family came from the south west of Ireland . Erskine studied Scottish history at Edinburgh University and worked for a school book publisher. She wrote numerous novels that have been translated into twenty languages. Many of her books became bestsellers. Some of her works are a mixture of historical novels and contemporary literature (“Die Herrin von Hay”). She is also known for her scary and supernatural stories ("The Curse of Belheddon Hall").

Barbara Erskine is one of the patrons of the book festival in Essex ( Essex Book Festival ).

Erskine lives in Wales and on a country estate in Essex , England.

Works

  • The mistress of Hay . (1986 "Lady of Hay", 2011 new edition in English for the 25th birthday with a short story)
  • Kingdom of Shadows (1988 "Kingdom of Shadows", 1993)
  • Dance in the Moonlight, The Vow - Short Story Collection (1990 "Encounters")
  • The Daughter of the Phoenix (1992 "Child of the Phoenix")
  • Midnight is a lonely hour (1994 "Midnight Is a Lonely Place")
  • The Curse of Belheddon Hall (1996 "House of Echoes", 2009)
  • The Face in the Window - Collection of Short Stories (1996 "Distant Voices II", 1999)
  • On the Edge of Darkness (1998 "On the Edge of Darkness")
  • Dance in the Moonlight (1999)
  • The Song of the Old Stones (2000 "Whispers in the Sand")
  • The Shadows of Mistley (2002 "Hiding from the Light")
  • The Tears of Isis - Short Story Collection (2003 "Sands of Time", 2005)
  • The Shadows of Mistley (2004 "Hiding from the Light")
  • The Queen of Fire (2006 "Daughters of Fire")
  • The King's Daughter (2008 "The Warrior's Princess")
  • Time's Legacy (not yet translated 2011)
  • River of Destiny (not yet translated 2012)
  • Fog distant days (2014, "The Darkest Hour")
  • The Mistress of Dreams (2016, "Sleeper's Castle")
  • The Ghost Tree (2018, not yet translated)

Awards

  • WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award (1995): nominated for Lady of Hay
  • British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996): House of Echoes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk/biography.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk/biography.htm
  3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8549000/8549797.stm
  4. ↑ http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk/novels/novels/lady-of-hay/
  5. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/awards/british_fantasy_society.htm
personal data
SURNAME Erskine, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hope-Lewis, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham