Publishing under such variant names as A. E. Maxwell, Annalise Sun, Lowell Charters, and Elizabeth Lowell, Ann Maxwell, born in Milwaukee, Wis. in 1944, is well known for her romance, historical, mystery, crime, and science fiction novels. Lowell married Evan Maxwell, a journalist, on September 4, 1966. Together they have published numerous novels, including "The Silk Strategy" and "The Ruby." Many of their novels were published under the joint pseudonym A. E. Maxwell and include the titles "Steal the Sun" and "Redwood Empire." She and her husband also collaborated on "The Golden Mountain" under the pseudonym Annalise Sun as well on as the novelization of the screenplay "Thunderheart" under… the pseudonym Lowell Charters. She wrote as Elizabeth Lowell for the "Silhouette Intimate Moments Series" published by Avon. She was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 1994, Romance Writers of America Best Historical Romance in 1994, and the Lifetime Achievement Award, also in 1994. Lowell was educated at the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Riverside, where she received a B.A. in 1966. She and Maxwell have two children, Matthew and Heather. Aside from writing, Lowell enjoys bird watching, beachcombing, geology, and fishing.