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Hebe Elsna

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
Fiction, Romance, Historical, Fiction in English, Biographical, Fiction, romance, historical, Historical Romance, Fiction, gothic, Large type books, Biography, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, horror, History, Queens, Authors' spouses, English Novelists, Great britain, fiction, Marriage, Contemporary, Elizabeth i, queen of england, 1533-1603, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Generals, Gothic, Gothic Romance
Places
England, Great Britain, Pleasance, London, Dublin, Europa, United Kingdom, Virginia
People
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Elizabeth Gunning, Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Lord William Lamb, Bertha Vyver, Catherine Dickens (1815-1879), Catherine Thompson Hogarth Dickens, Catherine Walters, Catherine of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England (1638-1705), Charles II of England, Clare Deering, Damien Wynton, Elizabeth I of England, Ennis Corbyn, Frances Stuart, Henry VIII of England, James Scott Monmouth Duke of (1649-1685), Jocelyn, Lady Caroline Ponsonby, Maria Gunning, Marie Corelli, Mary I Queen of England (1516-1558), Nina, Oliver Embury, Ormonde Garland
Time
19th Century, 16th Century, 18th Century, 19th century, Georgian Era, 1603-1714, 17th Century, 20th Century, Charles II, 1660-1685, Elizabeth, 1558-1603

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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.
March 13, 2020 Edited by Amanda Edited without comment.
June 8, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar merged duplicate records
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import