Evelyn Anthony is the pen name of Evelyn Ward-Thomas (1926-2108), a female British author who began writing in 1949. She gained considerable success with her historical novels--two of which were selected for the American Literary Guild--before winning huge acclaim for her espionage thrillers. Her book, The Occupying Power, won the Yorkshire Post Fiction Prize, and her 1971 novel, The Tamarind Seed, was made into a film starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif. Anthony's books have been translated into nineteen languages.
