STEPHENS, Rebecca 1961-

PERSONAL: Born March 10, 1961, in Sevenoaks, Kent, England; daughter of Stanley John Cecil (an advertising executive) and Janet Elizabeth (a medical secretary; maiden name, Haine; present surname, Hogg) Stephens; married Jovan Masic (a trading executive); children: Anna Jane Dubravka. Ethnicity: "British, Caucasian." Education: University of London, B.Sc. (with honors), 1983. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Trekking, photography.

ADDRESSES: Home and offıce—28 Crookham Rd., London SW6 4EQ, England. E-mail—rebecca. [email protected].

CAREER: Financial Times, London, England, deputy editor, 1985-93; freelance writer. Mountaineer, beginning 1989, including ascent of Mount Everest, 1993, and Seven Summits, 1994; leader of treks in the Himalayas. Broadcaster, including appearances on the series Tomorrow's World, presented by the British Broadcasting Corp.; lecturer for schools and businesses. Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust, member of board of trustees.

MEMBER: Royal Geographical Society (fellow), Alpine Club.

AWARDS, HONORS: Member, Order of the British Empire.

WRITINGS:

On Top of the World, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1994.

Everest (juvenile), Dorling Kindersley Publishing (New York, NY), 2001.

Contributor to British newspapers, including Financial Times.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A book on the Seven Summits, "the highest mountain on each of the seven continents."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Times (London, England), May 12, 1993, Walter Ellis, "Heights of Ambition," p. 12; May 18, 1993, Alice Thomson, "Day of the Spiderwoman," p. 14.