Margaret Pemberton (née Hudson; born 10 April 1943) is a British writer of women's fiction since 1975. Beside her married name Margaret Pemberton, her writings have been published under her maiden name Maggie Hudson and the pseudonyms Carris Carlisle, Christina Harland, and Rebecca Dean. A former chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1989–91) she has written novels in many different genres; romantic suspense, historical sagas, contemporary sagas and crime. Having travelled extensively, her novels are set in many different parts of the world.

Biography

Pemberton was born Margaret Hudson on 10 April 1943 in

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, Yorkshire, England, daughter of Kathleen (Ramsden), an artist, and George Arthur Hudson, an architect. Married with Mike Pemberton, she has five adult children and lives in Whitstable, Kent, with her husband, and two small dogs. Pemberton was the fifteenth Chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association from 1989 to 1991 and also served on the

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Committee.

Published books

As Margaret Pemberton

;Romantic suspense *''Rendezvous with Danger'' (1975) aka ''The Girl Who Knew Too Much'' *''Mystery of Saligo Bay'' (1976) aka ''The Last Letter'' *''The Guilty Secret'' (1979) aka ''A Dark Enchantment'' *''Tapestry of Fear'' (1979) *''Vengeance in the Sun'' (1980) aka ''The Villa d'Este'' ;Historical romance *''Lion of Languedoc'' (1981) *''Pioneer Girl'' (1982) aka ''A Many-Splendoured Thing'' *''African Enchantment'' (1982) *''Flight to Verechenko'' (1983) aka ''A Rebellious Heart'' *''Devil's Palace'' (1983) aka ''The Reckless Miss Grainger'' *''Moonflower Madness'' (1993) *''Forget-me-Not Bride'' (1994) ;Nightshades *''Forever'' (1982) aka ''Undying Love'' ;Period sagas *''Silver Shadows, Golden Dreams'' (1985) aka ''Goddess'' *''Never Leave Me'' (1986) aka ''The Violins of Autumn'' *''A Multitude of Sins'' (1998) aka ''A Time to Remember'' *''White Christmas in Saigon'' (1990) *''An Embarrassment of Riches'' (1992) *''Zadruga'' (1994) * The Londoners trilogy #''The Londoners'' (1995) #''Magnolia Square'' (1996) #''Coronation Summer'' (1997) *''Yorkshire Rose'' (1997) *''Harlot'' (1998) aka ''The Far Morning'' *''Yorkshire Rose'' (1997) *''The Four of Us (2004) *''A Season of Secrets'' (2015) *''Beneath the Cypress Tree'' (2017)

As Carris Carlisle

*''Party in Peking'' (1987) aka ''From China With Love''

As Christina Harland

*''Waiting Wives'' (1991)

As Maggie Hudson

Novels *''Tell Me No Secrets'' (1999) *''Fast Women'' (2000) *''Looking for Mr Big'' (2001) *''Nowhere to Run'' (2002)

As Rebecca Dean

Novels *''Enemies of the Heart'' (2008) *''Palace Circle'' (2009) *''The Golden Prince'' (2010) *''The Shadow Queen'' (2012) aka ''Wallis'' (2012)

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* under that name {{DEFAULTSORT:Pemberton, Margaret 1943 births English romantic fiction writers Writers from Bradford Living people