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About Penny Jordan

Birth

1946

Death

2011

First book

1979

Years writing

47

Penelope Halsall was a prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie Groves. She also wrote novels as Melinda Wright and Lydia Hitchcock. Her books have sold over 70 million copies worldwide and have been translated into many languages.

Sources and credits

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (text shortened). View article · CC BY-SA 4.0

Penny Jordan was born in Preston, England, in 1946 and became a highly prolific British novelist.

Her love for reading began in childhood, spending hours in the local library while her mother ran errands.

Long before becoming a published author, she was a natural storyteller who created serialised tales for her younger sister.

At the age of eleven, she discovered Mills & Boon novels, which deeply inspired her future career in romance.

Throughout her career, she wrote over 500 works, including the notable title Master of Pleasure.