Candace Pauline Camp Hopcus | |
Pseudonym: | Lisa Gregory, Kristin James, Sharon Stephens |
Birth Name: | Candace Pauline Camp |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1949 |
Birth Place: | Amarillo, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation: | Novelist |
Language: | English |
Period: | 1978–present |
Genre: | Romance |
Spouse: | Pete Hopcus (1980-present) |
Children: | 1 |
Candace Pauline Hopcus née Camp (May 23, 1949 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American writer of romance novels. She has also published under the pen names Lisa Gregory, Sharon Stephens, Kristin James and under her maiden name Candace Camp.
Born Candace Pauline Camp on May 23, 1949 in Amarillo, Texas, she is the youngest of three children born to Lula Mae (Irons) and Grady Camp. Writing came naturally to her—her mother had been a newspaper reporter, and her father was the business manager of the Amarillo, Texas newspaper. Camp began writing down her own stories when she was 10, and often wrote when she needed to relax.
Camp attended the University of Texas at Austin and West Texas State University before becoming a teacher in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After moving to North Carolina, she took a job in the trust department of a bank.
Camp then began law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the same time, she began reading romance novels and decided to write one of her own. Camp finished her first novel, Bonds of Love while in law school. It was published in 1978 under the pen name Lisa Gregory. In the ensuing years, Camp has published over 43 books under four names: Lisa Gregory, Kristin James, Sharon Stephens and Candace Camp.
Camp married in 1980 with Pete Hopcus, and had a daughter.
Single novels
The Rainbow's Turner Family series
Single novels
The Sky series
Omnibus in collaboration
Medievals Norwen series
Medievals Norwen series
Single novels
The Lily series
Montford Heirs series
A Little Town in Texas series
Aincourt's hearts series
Crazy Moreland Family series
Women and Men series
The Matchmakers series
The Willowmere series
Legend of St. Dwynwen series
Omnibus in collaboration