Pen name Sara Craven Genre Romantic novel Occupation Journalist, Novelist Name Sara Craven | Nationality British Role Author Period 1975-Present | |
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Spouse Mr. Thomas (divorced),
Mr. Ashurst (divorced) Books The Forced Bride, The Santangeli Marriage, The Innocent's Surrender, Wife in the Shadows, Innocent On Her Wedding Similar People Jacqueline Baird, Diana Hamilton, Carole Mortimer, Lindsay Armstrong, Daphne Clair | ||
Sara Craven, is the pseudonym used by Anne Ashurst, née Bushell (born October 1938 in Devon, England) is a popular British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon ever since 1975. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the twenty-six Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography
Anne "Annie" Bushell was born on October 1938 in Devon, England. She worked as journalist at the Paignton Observer, but after her marriage, she moved to the north of England, where she worked as teacher. After she returned to journalism, she joined the Middlesbrough Writers' Group, where she met other romance writer Mildred Grieveson (Anne Mather). She started to write romance. In 1975, she sold her first romance novel to Mills & Boon, under the pseudonym of Sara Craven.
In 1997, she was the overall winner of the BBC's Mastermind, winning the last final presented by Magnus Magnusson.
Divorced twice, she lives in the Midlands town of Rugby in England, but she is a regular visitor to New York City, where her twin grandchildren live.