Anne Golon was born as Simone Changeux on 17 December 1921 in
Toulon, a port in south-eastern France. She was the daughter of Pierre Changeux, a scientist and a captain in the French Navy. when she was 18 under the
pen name Joëlle Danterne. During
World War II, she travelled via bicycle through France to Spain. She wrote using different pen names, helped create
France Magazine, and was awarded a literary prize for
The Patrol of the Saint Innocents. She was sent to Africa as a journalist, where, in 1947, she met her future husband, Vsevolod Sergeïvich Goloubinoff, better known as
Serge Golon. the first installment in the
Angélique series. The novel was an overnight success. When originally published in France, the
Angélique novels were credited to both Anne and Serge Golon – Anne being the author and Serge having done much of the historical research. The two names were later combined as "Sergeanne Golon" by British publishers when the series was translated into English. The popularity of the
Angélique novels led to a series of five
feature films directed by
Bernard Borderie in the 1960s. The actress
Michèle Mercier played Angélique, and
Robert Hossein played her husband, Joffrey de Peyrac. ==Publications==