Rosamunde Pilcher
| Rosamunde Scott Pilcher OBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rosamunde Scott 22 September 1924 Lelant, Cornwall, United Kingdom |
| Pen name | Jane Fraser, Rosamunde Pilcher |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1949–2000 |
| Genre | Romance |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Spouse | Graham Hope Pilcher (1946-2009) |
| Children | 4 |
Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (née Scott; born 22 September 1924) is a British writer of several short-stories and 28 romance novels and mainstream women's fiction from 1949 to 2000, when she retired from writing. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Her son is the writer Robin Pilcher.
Born Rosamunde E. M. L. Scott on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her mother remained in England. She attended the School of St. Clare in Penzance and Howell's School Llandaff before going on to Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College. She began writing when she was seven, and published her first short story when she was 18.
From 1943 through 1946, Pilcher served with the Women's Royal Naval Service. On 7 December 1946, she married Graham Hope Pilcher, a war hero and jute industry executive who died in March 2009. They moved to Dundee, Scotland, where she still lives today. They had two daughters and two sons, and fourteen grandchildren. Her son, Robin Pilcher, is also a novelist.
In 1949, Pilcher's first book, a romance novel, was published by Mills and Boon, under the pseudonym Jane Fraser. She published a further ten novels under that name. In 1955, she also began writing under her real name with Secret to Tell. By 1965 she had dropped the pseudonym and was signing her own name to all of her novels.
At the beginning writing was a refuge from her daily life. She claims that writing saved her marriage. The real breakthrough in Pilcher's career came in 1987, when she wrote the family saga, The Shell Seekers. Since then her books have made her one of the more successful contemporary female authors.
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