Author: Katheryn Kimbrough
Alternate names: Kym Allyson; Ann Ashton; Charlotte Bramwell; Jean Kimbro
Born: 12 Jul 1929
Died: 26 Dec 2004
Bio: John Milton Kimbro, a prolific author who used ***various pseudonyms*** to write more than 80 books, finally hitting his stride in a series of 40 gothic romance novels starting with "Augusta the First" and ending with "Belinda the Impatient," died Dec. 26 in San Francisco at the age of 75. Mr. Kimbro died at California Pacific Medical Center of complications after surgery, according to his family.

***He wrote under at least eight different names*** -- Ann Ashton, Jean Kimbro, Milt Jaxon, Charlotte Bramwell and Zoltan Lambec, among others -- but **his most enduring pen name was Katheryn Kimbrough**, author of the Gothic series published under the umbrella title of "Saga of the Phenwick Women."