Anna Jacobs

{{Short description|English novelist (born 1941)}}

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{{BLP sources|date=March 2014}}

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| birth_place = Rochdale, Lancashire, England

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Anna Jacobs (born 1941) is an English novelist. She graduated from the University of Leeds in 1962, before emigrating to Australia in 1973. She has written 109 novels,{{Cite web |title=Anna Jacobs books {{!}} Australian author of historical and modern novels |url=http://www.annajacobs.com/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.annajacobs.com}} the majority of which are historical sagas (published by Hodder & Stoughton{{Cite web|url=https://www.hodder.co.uk/contributor/anna-jacobs/|title=Anna Jacobs|date=2019-04-24|website=Hachette UK|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-18}}) or familial or relationship stories (published by Allison & Busby{{Cite web|url=https://www.allisonandbusby.com/author/anna-jacobs|title=Anna Jacobs at Allison and Busby|website=www.allisonandbusby.com|access-date=2019-10-18|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018103707/https://www.allisonandbusby.com/author/anna-jacobs|url-status=dead}}) published under her own name. She has also written fantasy novels, published under the name Shannah Jay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3235|title=Summary Bibliography: Shannah Jay|website=www.isfdb.org|access-date=2019-10-18}} In 2006, her novel Pride of Lancashire won the Australian Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

Books

=Published by Hodder & Stoughton=

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The Gibson Family:

  • Salem Street (1994)
  • High Street (1994)
  • Ridge Hill (1995)
  • Hallam Square (1995)
  • Spinners Lake (1996)

The Kershaw Sisters:

  • Our Lizzie (1998)
  • Our Polly (2000)
  • Our Eva (2002)
  • Our Mary Ann (2003)

The Settlers:

  • Lancashire Lass (2000)
  • Lancashire Legacy (2001)

The Staley Family:

  • Down Weavers Lane (2002)
  • Calico Road (2005)

The Irish Sisters:

  • A Pennyworth of Sunshine (2003)
  • Twopenny Rainbows (2004)
  • Threepenny Dreams (2004)

The Music Hall Series (Preston Family):

  • Pride of Lancashire (2005)
  • Star of the North (2006)
  • Bright Day Dawning (2006)
  • Heart of the Town (2006)

Lady Bingram's Aides:

  • Tomorrow's Promises (2007)
  • Yesterday's Girl (2008)

The Swan River Saga:

  • Farewell to Lancashire (2009)
  • Beyond the Sunset (2010)
  • Destiny's Path (2013)

The Traders:

  • The Trader's Wife (2011)
  • The Trader's Sister (2012)
  • The Trader's Dream (2012)
  • The Trader's Gift (2013)
  • The Trader's Reward (2014)

The Rivenshaw Saga:

  • A Time to Remember (2015)
  • A Time for Renewal (2015)
  • A Time to Rejoice (2016)
  • Gifts For Our Time (2017)

The Ellindale Saga:

  • One Quiet Woman (2017)
  • One Kind Man (2018)
  • One Special Village (2018)
  • One Perfect Family (2019)

The Birch End Saga:

  • A Daughter's Journey (2019)
  • A Widow's Courage (2020)

Backshaw Moss:

  • A Valley Dream (2021)
  • A Valley Secret (2021)
  • A Valley Wedding (2022)

Standalone Novels:

  • Jessie (1997)
  • Like No Other (1999)
  • Freedom's Land (2008)

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=Published by Allison & Busby=

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The Wiltshire Girls:

  • Cherry Tree Lane (2010)
  • Elm Tree Road (2011)
  • Yew Tree Gardens (2012)

The Hope Trilogy:

  • A Place of Hope (2012)
  • In Search of Hope (2013)
  • A Time for Hope (2014)

Greyladies Trilogy:

  • Heir to Greyladies (2013)
  • Mistress of Greyladies (2014)
  • Legacy of Greyladies (2015)

Peppercorn Street:

  • Peppercorn Street (2014)
  • Cinnamon Gardens (2015)
  • Saffron Lane (2017)
  • Bay Tree Cottage (2018)
  • Christmas in Peppercorn Street (2019)

Honeyfield:

  • The Honeyfield Bequest (2016)
  • A Stranger in Honeyfield (2017)
  • Peace Comes to Honeyfield (2018)

Penny Lake:

  • Changing Lara (2019)
  • Finding Cassie' (2020)

Waterfront:

  • Mara's Choice (2021)
  • Sarah's Gift (2022)

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=Published under Shannah Jay=

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The Chronicles of Tenebrak:

  • Quest (1994)
  • Lands of Nowhere (1995)
  • Shadow of the Serpent (1995)
  • The Price of Wisdom (1996)

Second Chronicles of Tenebrak:

  • Tenebrak the Founding (2010)

Standalone novels:

  • Envoy (1994)
  • Sword of Azaray (2012)

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References

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