Anna Jacobs
Agent: Broo Doherty
I have a very happy life. I've been married to my own personal hero for many years and he's still my very best friend. I have two daughters, a son-in-law and a small grandson whom I love to pieces. That makes a wonderfully solid emotional platform from which to enjoy writing my novels and seeing my stories published. It also explains why I like to write romantic and family stories with happy endings, whether they're historical, modern or fantasy stories.
My husband and I have a house in Australia, where we live by the water's edge. If it weren't for the mosquitoes, which adore me, I'd spend more tiime out of doors. I have to be the most delicious person on this planet as far as mozzies are concerned.
We both emigrated from England and have close family there still, so we spend the northern hemisphere summers at our Wiltshire home so that we can spend time with them. All the years of hard work have paid off to allow us to do that - not that I mind working hard. How else would I write three novels a year? It's also good to see my publishers and agent, as well as do research in person for the books set in England.
On the home front, I confess to having no domestic genes whatsoever. I'll never be remembered for my dusting and ironing. I don't iron. Not at all. One has to have standards! I won't waste writing time on an activity that is useless, because the minute one puts an ironed garment on, it gets crumpled again. I pay someone else to clean my house because I do like to be clean. And cooking has lost its interest since I developed several food intolerances. Cooking something you can't taste or eat because it'd make you ill does not appeal. My favourite hobby is spending time with my husband, family, personal and writing friends. People are so endlessly fascinating.
I also love reading other writer's novels. I'm so addicted to stories that I read three books a week, some of them for research but most just stories for my pleasure. What can I say? I'm hopeless! I have to have at least one book on the go.
I used to enjoy embroidering pictures of my own designing, but arthritis has put paid to that. I enjoy watching TV in the evenings, because I never write after teatime. I especially love programmes from which I learn something. (I'm also addicted to learning). I love Time Team, Grand Designs, history programmes, antiques shows, drama series (as long as they're not too violent) and I have to watch the news at least once a day. I'm interested in nutrition and health, because I lost my health a couple of times, first to chronic fatigue syndrome (ME in England) then to fibromyalgia, which sometimes follows it a few years later. To anyone with those problems, I say they can be overcome. Go for it!
I vowed after I got better that if any effort of mine could prevent me losing my health again, I would do whatever was needed. I'm not a naturally sporting person (eyesight too bad, giving poor co-ordination) but I do walk on a treadmill nearly every day and it is worthwhile. You have to do gentle exercise to keep fibromyalgia at bay. I use a treadmill because the mozzies can't get me inside the house!
The treadmill has another benefit. Walking seems to stimulate creativity. Other writers have found that too.
© Joan Frewin 2017
Recent books by Anna Jacobs
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Miranda’s Family (Allison & Busby)
Secrets of Eastby End (Eastby End Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Lavender Lane (Larch Tree Lane Book 4 - Allison & Busby)
The Nurses of Eastby End (Eastby End Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Magnolia Gardens (Larch Tree Lane Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
Hawthorn Close (Larch Tree Lane Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
Diamond Promises (Jubilee Lake Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Golden Dreams (Jubilee Lake Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Paula's Way (Waterfront series Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
Silver Wishes (Jubilee Lake Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Larch Tree Lane (Larch Tree Lane Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
Kirsty's Vineyard (Allison & Busby)
A Valley Wedding (Backshaw Moss Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Sarah's Gift (Waterfront series Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
The Best Valentine's Day Ever and Other Stories (Allison & Busby)
A Valley Secret (Backshaw Moss Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
The Corrigan Legacy (Allison & Busby)
A Very Special Christmas (Allison & Busby)
Mara's Choice (Waterfront series Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
A Valley Dream (Backshaw Moss Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
In Focus (Allison & Busby)
A Woman's Promise (Birch End Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Marrying Simone (Penny Lake Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
A Widow's Courage (Birch End Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Finding Cassie (Penny Lake Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
Christmas In Peppercorn Street (Peppercorn Book 5 - Allison & Busby)
A Daughter's Journey (Birch End Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Changing Lara (Penny Lake Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
One Perfect Family (Ellindale Book 4 - Hodder & Stoughton)
The Cotton Lass and Other Stories (Allison & Busby)
Once Special Village (Ellindale Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Peace Comes To Honeyfield (Honeyfield Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
Bay Tree Cottage (Peppercorn Book 4 - Allison & Busby)
One Kind Man (Ellindale Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Saffron Lane (Peppercorn Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
One Quiet Woman (Ellindale Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Gifts For Our Time (Rivenshaw Book 4 - Hodder & Stoughton)
A Stranger In Honeyfield (Honeyfield Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
The Honeyfield Bequest (Honeyfield Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
A Time To Rejoice (Rivenshaw Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Cinnamon Gardens (Peppercorn Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
Tomorrow's Path (Severn House)
A Time For Renewal (Rivenshaw Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Legacy of Greyladies (Greyladies Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
Winds of Change (Allison & Busby)
A Time To Remember (Rivenshaw Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Peppercorn Street (Peppercorn Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
A Time For Hope (Hope Stories Book 3 - Severn House)
Mistress of Greyladies (Greyladies Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
The Trader's Reward (Traders Book 5 - Hodder & Stoughton)
In Search of Hope (Hope Stories Book 2 - Severn House)
Heir to Greyladies (Greyladies Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
Marrying A Stranger (Canelo)
Moving On (Allison & Busby)
The Trader's Gift, (Traders Book 4 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Destiny's Path (Swan River Saga Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Persons of Rank (Canelo)
A Place of Hope (Hope Stories Book 1 - Severn House)
The Trader's Dream (Traders Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
An Independent Woman (Canelo)
Yew Tree Gardens (Wiltshire Girls Book 3 - Allison & Busby)
The Trader's Sister (Traders Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Short and Sweet (Severn House)
The Trader's Wife (Traders Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Elm Tree Road (Wiltshire Girls Book 2 - Allison & Busby)
Cherry Tree Lane (Wiltshire Girls (Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
Licence To Dream (Canelo)
Beyond the Sunset (Swan River Saga Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Farewell To Lancashire (Swan River Saga Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Saving Willowbrook (Canelo)
Freedom's Land (Hodder & Stoughton)
Chestnut Lane (Allison & Busby)
Yesterday's Girl (Lady Bingram's Aides Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Kirsty's Vineyard (Allison & Busby)
Tomorrow's Promises (Lady Bingram's Aides Book 1 - Allison & Busby)
Family Connections (Canelo)
Heart of the Town (Music Hall Book 4 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Bright Day Dawning (Music Hall Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
The Corrigan Legacy (Allison & Busby)
Star of the North (Music Hall Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Pride of Lancashire (Music Hall Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Calico Road (Staley Family Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
The Wishing Well (Canelo)
Marrying Miss Martha (Canelo)
Threepenny Dreams (Irish Sisters Book 3 - Hodder & SToughton)
Twopenny Rainbows (Irish Sisters Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Our Mary Ann (Kershaw Sisters Book 4 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Change of Season (Allison & Busby)
Pennyworth of Sunshine (Irish Sisters Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Mistress of Marymoor (Canelo)
Our Eva (Kershaw Sisters Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Down Weavers Lane (Staley Family Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Replenish the Earth (Canelo)
Lancashire Legacy (Lancashire Settlers Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Seasons of Love (Canelo)
Our Polly, (Kershaw Sisters Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Lancashire Lass (Lancashire Settlers Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Like No Other (Hodder & Stoughton)
Our Lizzie (Kershaw Sisters Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Jessie (Hodder & Stoughton)
Spinners Lake (Gibson Family Saga Book 5 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Hallam Square (Gibson Family Saga Book 4 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Ridge Hill (Gibson Family Saga Book 3 - Hodder & Stoughton)
High Street (Gibson Family Saga Book 2 - Hodder & Stoughton)
Salem Street (Gibson Family Saga Book 1 - Hodder & Stoughton)
