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Laura Conway

Born Dorothy Phoebe Ansle on 27 July 1890 in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK, daugther of the second marriage formed by Mary Phillipps (née Embling), who ran a boardinghouse, and Frederick Philip Ansle (1897-1938), who had various profesions, like butcher and wine merchant. She was the younger child in common. She was a pupil at Royal Masonic School for Girls, and went on to some further education at Caversham.

She married Irish Francis Ignatius Keogh, and they lived in Dublin before they instaled in London on 1927. On 1928, she published her first novel, under the penname of Hebe Elsna. She published more than 200 novels, mainly romance and dramatic novels or novelized historical biographies, under diferent pseudonyms and titles. She wrote under the pennames Hebe Elsna, Vicky Lancaster, Lyndon Snow, and Laura Conway.

She later lived in Surrey and then Hove. Her husband died in 1965. She continued to live in the Hove area till her own death on 7 January 1983.

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Born 27 July 1890
Died 7 January 1983

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Born 27 July 1890
Died 7 January 1983

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Fiction in English, Historical, Fiction, horror, Fiction, gothic, Fiction, romance, historical, Historical Romance, Biographical, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Gothic, Gothic Romance, Great britain, fiction, Inheritance and succession, Large print books, Large type books, Livres en gros caractères, Nobility, Saga

Places

England, Pleasance, Great Britain, Virginia

People

Bertha Vyver, Clare Deering, Damien Wynton, Ennis Corbyn, Francesca, Marie Corelli, Oliver Embury, Victoria Mary Louisa Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)

Time

19th Century, 20th Century

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  • OLID: OL1763433A

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Alternative names

  • Dorothy Phoebe Ansle Keogh
  • Hebe Elsna
  • Vicky Lancaster
  • Lyndon Snow
  • Laura Conway

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April 24, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
March 23, 2020 Edited by Amanda Edited without comment.
June 8, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar author bio
August 27, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import