Pilcher, Rosamunde (1924–)
Pilcher, Rosamunde (1924–)
English novelist. Name variations: often wrongly spelled Rosamund; Jane Fraser. Born Rosamunde Scott, Sept 22, 1924, in Lelant, Cornwall, England; attended Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College; m. Graham Hope Pilcher, 1946; children: Robin, Fiona, Philippa and Mark Pilcher.
Served with Women's Royal Naval Service (1943–46); married and moved to Dundee, Scotland; under pseudonym Jane Fraser, published romances for Mills & Boon, including Half-way to the Moon (1949), The Brown Fields (1951), Dear Tom (1954), Bridge of Corvie (1956), A Family Affair (1958), The Keeper's House (1963) and A Long Way From Home (1963); under her own name, published novel A Secret to Tell (1955), but came to prominence with The Shell Seekers (1987); also wrote the bestselling September (1989) and Coming Home (1995), which took 5 years to write and includes her own experiences of the war years (adapted for tv miniseries, 1998); as Rosamunde Pilcher, also wrote April (1957), On My Own (1965), Another View (1969), Snow in April (1972), The Day of the Storm (1975), Wild Mountain Thyme (1978), The Carousel (1982), The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories (1985), The Blackberry Day (1991), Winter Solstice (2000) and the plays The Dashing White Sergeant (1955) and The Tulip Major (1957).
See also book of photography, The World of Rosamunde Pilcher (St. Martin, 1996).