Beverley Harper

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Beverley Harper (born 1941 in New South Wales (Australia), † 2002 in Beverly Hills ) was an Australian author.

She traveled to Africa in 1967 at the age of 26 , where she wanted to stay for a year. That turned out to be almost 20 years. Her books are very successful in the English-speaking world.

She taught herself to write. She began a course she took for professional writers, but never completed it.

She published her first novel, Storms over Africa , in 1985.

The Luebbe Verlag published most of its atmospheric works for which it was inspired by the African continent.

In 2002 the writer died in Beverly Hills . Their ashes were brought to Africa.

Works

Unless otherwise stated, the German editions of the books have been published by Lübbe Verlag:

  • Storms over Africa (1985)
    Storms over Winding Paths (2004)
  • Edge of the Rain (1997)
    The Heart of Africa ( Rowohlt Verlag wunderlich 2000)
  • Echo of an Angry God (1998)
    The Gold of Malawi (Rowohlt Verlag wunderlich 2000)
  • People of Heaven (2000)
    Sun over Dark Land (2003)
  • The forgotten Sea (2000)
    In the first gleam of the sun (2007)
  • Jackal's Dance (2001)
    Bright moon in a black night (2005)
  • Shadows in the Grass (2002)
    In the Last Light of the Stars (2006)
  • Footprints of Lion (2004)
    Whispers of the Wind (2007)

References

  1. ↑ Beverley Harper in the author's portrait from Bastei-Lübbe Verlag  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bastei-luebbe.de  

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personal data
SURNAME Harper, Beverley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian author
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH 2002
Place of death Beverly Hills