Rosamunde Pilcher

Author

Rosamunde ( nee Scott) Pilcher

was born in Lelant, Cornwall, on
September 22, 1924. Following
her education at St. Clare’s
Polwithen and Howell’s School
Llandaff, she attend ,Miss Kerr
Sander’s Secretarial College .She
served with the Women’s Royal
Naval Service 1943-46. She
started her writing career in 1949
as an author of Mills and Boon
romances, under the name Jane
Fraser. She published 10 novels
using that pen-name. Her first
novel as Rosamunde Pilcher, A
Secret to tell, was published in
1955.Pilcher retired from writing
in 2000. Two years later she was
created an Officer of the British
Empire (OBE).