Evelyn Anthony

Evelyn Anthony
Evelyn in 1986
Evelyn in 1986
BornEvelyn Bridget Patricia Stephens
(1926-07-03)3 July 1926
Lambeth, London, UK
Died25 September 2018(2018-09-25) (aged 92)
Horham Hall, Essex, UK
Pen nameEvelyn Anthony
OccupationNovelist
Spouse
Michael Ward-Thomas
(m. 1955; died 2004)
Children6

Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas (née Stephens; 3 July 1926 – 25 September 2018), better known by the pen name Evelyn Anthony, was a British writer. Anthony was born in the Lambeth district of London. She had a very prolific writing career, translated into at least 19 languages and her 1971 novel The Tamarind Seed was adapted for a film in 1974, starring Julie Andrews as Judith Farrow.