Rosamunde Pilcher

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Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, 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 St. Clare's Polwithen 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 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 with a dog in Perthshire. They had two daughters and two sons, and fourteen grandchildren. Her son, Robin Pilcher, is also a novelist. In 1949, her first book, a romance novel, was published by Mills & Boon, under the pseudonym Jane Fraser. She published a further ten novels under that name. In 1955, she also began writing under her married name Rosamunde Pilcher, by 1965 she her own name to all of her novels. In 1996, her novel Coming Home won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by Romantic Novelists' Association. She retired from writing in 2000. Two years later, she was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

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Place Like Home
Representative edition published 2021
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The Carousel
Representative edition published 2018
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Coming Home
Representative edition published 2018
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Septiembre
Representative edition published 2018
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Under Gemini
Representative edition published 2018
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Flowers in the rain and other stories
Representative edition published 2018
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The Blue Bedroom
Representative edition published 2018
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Winter solstice
Representative edition published 2018
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Snow in April
Representative edition published 2018
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The Empty House
Representative edition published 2018
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Another view
Representative edition published 2018
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Wild Mountain Thyme
Representative edition published 2018
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Sleeping Tiger
Representative edition published 2018
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The Day of the Storm
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The End of the Summer
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A Time to Remember
Representative edition published 2016
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Wintersonne
Representative edition published 2014
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Alle Erzählungen
Representative edition published 2014
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The Day of the Storm
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Meine beiden Mütter
Representative edition published 2012
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The Carousel (Rosamund Pilcher Omnibus)
Representative edition published 2011
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Ostatnie dni lata
Representative edition published 2011
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Eisblumen
Representative edition published 2008
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The Shell Seekers
Representative edition published 2007
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