Anne Hepple Dickinson

Anne Hepple Dickinson, née Batty, (16 October 1877 – 10 November 1959), was a British writer and editor, who wrote over 25 romantic novels under the pseudonym Anne Hepple. She was the first editor of ''The Woman's Magazine'' in London from 1931 to 1934.

Life

Anne Hepple Batty was born on 16 October 1877 in Widdrington, Northumberland, England. Daughter of Jane Emma, née Dodds (1857-1878) and George Batty (1852-1910). She had two brothers: Joseph (1876-1910) and John George Batty (1879-1887), a halfbrother: George Lennox Batty (1884-1979), and a half-sister: Agnes Mary Batty (1890-1982), who also was a writer as Agnes Ancroft.

She married William Bain Dickinson at Berwick Parish Church in 1903, and they had a daughter: Hepple (1905), and a son: Bain (1907). They lived in Castle Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, and other locations in the Berwickshire area.

After her children were grown, she started to published as Anne Hepple. She published her first novel in 1928. In the 1930s, Anne moved to London to become editor of ''The Woman's Magazine'', a monthly publication around thirty pages in length, which cost a shilling. Her name was prominently displayed on the front cover of the magazine under the title. She answered readers’ questions in the column “Letters Grave and Gay”, and in 1933 and 1934 wrote an editorial page. The magazine mixed fiction with practical articles on dress making, cooking, decorating, travel, and so on. A number of her short stories appeared in the magazine, and some of her novels were serialized in the magazine before being published in book form.

Anne Hepple Dickinson died at her daughter's house in Kendal, Westmorland, England, on 10 November 1959.

Works

* Jemima Rides 928
* The Untempered Wind 930* Gay Go Up 931* The Runaway Family 1929?)/1932* The Old Woman Speaks 933* Scotch Broth 933* Ask Me No More 934* Annals Of A Little Shop 935* And Then Came Spring 935* Heyday And Maydays 936* Touch-Me-Not 936* Touch-Me-Again 936* Sweet Ladies 936* Heydays and Maydays 937* Susan Takes A Hand 938* Riders Of the Sea 938* Evening At The Farm 939* The Piper in the Wind 939* The Taking Men 940* The Green Road To Wedderlee 942* The North Wind Blows 942* Sigh No More 943* Sally Cockenzie 944* Can I Go There? 945* Family Affairs and Ships and Things 947* The House Of Gow 948* Jane Of Gowlands 949* The Mettlesome Piece 951* Janet Forsythe 956* I Want You To Come Here To Me

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1877 births
1959 deaths
English romantic fiction writers
English women novelists
People from Widdrington, Northumberland
Writers from Northumberland
Women romantic fiction writers