Anne Hepple
{{Short description|British writer and editor (1877–1959)}}
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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.{{cite book|last1=Rawnsley|first1= Mary|first2=Wendy Bell |last2=Scott|title=Anne of the borders : the story of Anne Hepple, author. (1877-1959)|date=2009|publisher=Blue Button Publications|location=Berwick Upon Tweed|isbn=9781907131103}} She was the first editor of The Woman's Magazine in London from 1931 to 1934.{{cite web|title=Very sincerely yours, Anne Hepple|url=http://scottishjacobites.co.uk/website/wm/wm.htm|accessdate=20 March 2014}}[https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/life-and-times-of-berwick-author-ann-hepple-are-fondly-recalled-180907 Life and times of Berwick author Ann Hepple are fondly recalled], northumberlandgazette.co.uk, 3 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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.{{cite news|title=Biography celebrates life of Berwick author Anne Hepple|url=http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/biography-celebrates-life-of-berwick-author-anne-hepple-1-233714|accessdate=20 March 2014|newspaper=Berwick Advertiser|date=11 November 2009}}
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.{{cite news|title=Mrs Anne Hepple Dickinson (Obituary)|url=http://scottishjacobites.co.uk/website/obit.htm|accessdate=20 March 2014|newspaper=Berwickshire News|date=1959}}
Works
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- Jemima Rides [1928]
- The Untempered Wind [1930]
- Gay Go Up [1931]
- The Runaway Family [(1929?)/1932]
- The Old Woman Speaks [1933]
- Scotch Broth [1933]
- Ask Me No More [1934]
- Annals Of A Little Shop [1935]
- And Then Came Spring [1935]
- Heyday And Maydays [1936]
- Touch-Me-Not [1936]
- Touch-Me-Again [1936]
- Sweet Ladies [1936]
- Heydays and Maydays [1937]
- Susan Takes A Hand [1938]
- Riders Of the Sea [1938]
- Evening At The Farm [1939]
- The Piper in the Wind [1939]
- The Taking Men [1940]
- The Green Road To Wedderlee [1942]
- The North Wind Blows [1942]
- Sigh No More [1943]
- Sally Cockenzie [1944]
- Can I Go There? [1945]
- Family Affairs and Ships and Things [1947]
- The House Of Gow [1948]
- Jane Of Gowlands [1949]
- The Mettlesome Piece [1951]
- Janet Forsythe [1956]
- I Want You To Come Here To Me [?]
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References
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External links
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Category:English romantic fiction writers
Category:English women novelists
Category:People from Widdrington, Northumberland