Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted masculine first names. All three retained the first letter of their first names: Charlotte became "Currer Bell", Anne became "Acton Bell", and Emily became "Ellis Bell". The book was printed by Aylott and Jones, from London. The first edition failed to attract interest, with
Louise Allen (novelist) Louise Allen (novelist) Louise Allen is the pseudonym used by Melanie Hilton (born 1949 in Norfolk, England) a British writer of romance novels since 1993, she started writing in collaboration with a friend under the pen name of Francesca Shaw. Her novels "The Piratical Miss Ravenhurst" in 2011 and "Scandal’s Virgin" in 2014 won the Love Story of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Melanie Hilton was born in 1949 in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. She obtained a degree in geography and archaeology. She lived in Bedfordshire and then moved to Cley on the North Norfolk coast with her