


The novel was titled Bonds of Love, and instead of publishing it under her original name, Candace published it under the pseudonym Lisa Gregory in the year 1978. Eventually, author Candace finished writing her first novel while she was still studying at the law school. She was so much inspired by the characters and romantic set ups of those novels that she decided to write her own romance novel. In the meantime, she used to read several romance novels as a hobby. At that time, Candace had a lot of interest in studying law and therefore, she left her job at the bank and enrolled herself at the North Carolina University situated in Chapel Hill, to begin her law school.

Shortly after, she moved to North Carolina and took a job offer in the trust department of one of the banks there. After completing her graduation, Candace began working as a teacher in the Eureka Springs located in Arkansas. Since then, she used to pick up the pen and begin writing whatever came to her head in order to get relaxed or release the stresses from her life.Ĭandace went on to attend the Texas University situated in Austin, and later joined the West Texas State University. When she was just 10 years old, Candace began writing her own stories. Even her father was a business manager, working in the Amarillo newspaper agency in Texas. As her mother used to work as a newspaper reporter, writing was natural in Candace. She was the youngest of the 3 siblings born to Grady Camp and Lula Mae. Candace was born on in Amarillo, Texas, as Candace Pauline Camp Hopcus and got married to Pete Hopcus in the year 1980. Author Anastasia Hopcus is the daughter of author Camp.

She has written around 5 novel series in her writing career using the pseudonyms, Lisa Gregory, Sharon Stephens, and Kristin James. Apart from writing under her original name, Candace has used a number of pen names for writing different kinds of the novel series. She has written over 60 successful books in her writing career starting in the year 1978 with her first novel titled Bonds of Love. Baby And All (With: Myrna Mackenzie,Victoria Pade)Ĭandace Camp is a New York Times Bestselling author of romance novels hailing from Amarillo, Texas, United States.
