Candace Camp

Candace Pauline Camp Hopcus
Born Candace Pauline Camp
(1949-05-23) May 23, 1949
Amarillo, Texas, United States
Pen name Lisa Gregory,
Kristin James,
Sharon Stephens,
Candace Camp
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Nationality American
Period 1978 - present
Genre Romance
Spouse Pete Hopcus (1980-present)
Children Anastasia Hopcus
Website
www.candace-camp.com

Candace Pauline Hopcus née Camp (May 23, 1949 in Amarillo, Texas) is a best-selling American writer of romance novels. She has also published under the pen names Lisa Gregory, Sharon Stephens, Kristin James and under her maiden name Candace Camp. She is mother of the also writer Anastasia Hopcus.[1]

Biography

Born Candace Pauline Camp on May 23, 1949 in Amarillo, Texas, she is the youngest of three children born to Lula Mae (Irons) and Grady Camp. Writing came naturally to her—her mother had been a newspaper reporter, and her father was the business manager of the Amarillo, Texas newspaper. Camp began writing down her own stories when she was 10, and often wrote when she needed to relax.

Camp attended the University of Texas at Austin and West Texas State University before becoming a teacher in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After moving to North Carolina, she took a job in the trust department of a bank.

Camp then began law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the same time, she began reading romance novels and decided to write one of her own. Camp finished her first novel, Bonds of Love while in law school. It was published in 1978 under the pen name Lisa Gregory. In the ensuing years, Camp has published over 43 books under four names: Lisa Gregory, Kristin James, Sharon Stephens and Candace Camp.

Camp married in 1980 with Pete Hopcus, and had a daughter, Anastasia Hopcus, in 1982. Her daughter is a published writer of young adult novels.

Bibliography

The novels of the different pseudonyms are being reedited under the real name: Candace Camp.

As Lisa Gregory

Single Novels

The Rainbow's Turner Family Series

  1. The Rainbow Season 1979
  2. The Rainbow Promise 1989

As Kristin James

Single Novels

The Sky Series

  1. The Golden Sky 1981
  2. The Sapphire Sky 1981
  3. The Summer Sky 1982
  4. The Amber Sky 1982

Omnibus in collaboration

As Sharon Stephens

Medievals Norwen Series

  1. The Black Earl (1982)
  2. (Continued as Candace Camp)

As Candace Camp

Medievals Norwen Series

  1. The Black Earl (1995) (Originally as Sharon Stephens, 1982)
  2. Evensong (1995)

Single Novels

The Lily Series

  1. Rain Lily (1993)
  2. Flame Lily (1994)

Montford Heirs Series

  1. Stolen Heart (2000)
  2. Promise Me Tomorrow (2000)
  3. No Other Love (2001)

A Little Town in Texas Series

  1. Hard-headed Texan (2001)
  2. Smooth-talking Texan (2002)

Aincourt's hearts Series

  1. So Wild a Heart (2002)
  2. The Hidden Heart (2002)
  3. Secrets of the Heart (2003)

Crazy Moreland Family Series

  1. Mesmerized (2003)
  2. Beyond Compare (2004)
  3. Winterset (2004)
  4. An Unexpected Pleasure (2005)

Women and Men Series

  1. An Independent Woman (2006)
  2. A Dangerous Man (2007)

The Matchmakers Series

  1. The Marriage Wager (2007)
  2. The Bridal Quest (2008)
  3. The Wedding Challenge (2008)
  4. The Courtship Dance (2009)

The Willowmere Series

  1. A Lady Never Tells (2010)
  2. A Gentleman Always Remembers (2010)
  3. An Affair Without End (formerly titled A Diamond Never Deceives) (2011)

Legend of St. Dwynwen Series

  1. A Winter Scandal (2011)
  2. A Summer Seduction (2012)
  3. The Marrying Season (2013)

Omnibus in collaboration

References and sources

  1. ↑ Candace Camp' Official Site, retrieved 2012-09-12
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