Sally Beauman (1944–2016)
Autore di Rebecca's Tale
Sull'Autore
Sally Beauman was born in Paignton, Devon, England on July 25, 1944. She read English literature at Girton College, Cambridge. While living in the United States, she worked as a staff writer for New York magazine before becoming an associate editor. She moved to London in 1970 and became the editor mostra altro of Queen Magazine. After that, she worked as a freelancer for Vogue, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, and the Observer. She was the first winner of the Catherine Pakenham award for journalism. Under the pseudonym Vanessa James, Beauman wrote seven Harlequin romances in the 1980s including The Fire and the Ice and Give Me This Night. The first novel written under her own name was Destiny, which was published in 1987. Her other novels included Dark Angel, Lovers and Liars, Danger Zones, Sextet, Rebecca's Tale, The Landscape of Love, and The Visitors. She died of cancer on July 7, 2016 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) Sally Kinsey-Miless Beauman Howard writes as Sally Beauman, also wrote under the pseudonym of Vanessa James.
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Howard, Sally
- Altri nomi
- James, Vanessa (Mills & Boon nom-de-plume)
Beauman, Sally (first marriage)
Kinsey-Miles, Sally (maiden name) - Data di nascita
- 1944-07-25
- Data di morte
- 2016-07-11
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Totnes, Devon, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- England
New York, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Istruzione
- Redland High School, Bristol
Girton College, Cambridge, England (MA ∙ English Literature) - Attività lavorative
- journalist
magazine editor
novelist - Relazioni
- Howard, Alan (husband)
Beauman, Christopher (1st husband) - Organizzazioni
- Queen magazine
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Katherine Pakenham Award for Journalism
- Breve biografia
- Sally Kinsey-Miles was born on 25 July 1944 in Devon, England, UK. She graduated from Girton College, Cambridge (MA in English Literature) She married Christopher Beauman an economist. After graduating, she moved with her husband to the USA, where she lived for three years, first in Washington DC, then New York, and travelled extensively. She began her career as a journalist in America, joining the staff of the newly launched New York magazine, of which she became associate editor, and continued to write for it after her return to England. Interviewed Alan Howard for the Telegraph Magazine in 1970 in an article called 'A Fellow of Most Excellent Fancy'. (Daily Telegraph Supplement, May 29th.) Apparently a very long interview. The following year they met again, and the rest is history. After a long partnership Sally and Alan married in 2004. She has one son, James, and one grandchild.
Sally has had a distinguished career as a journalist and critic, winning the Catherine Pakenham Award for her writing, and becoming the youngest-ever editor of Queen magazine (now Harper’s & Queen). She has contributed to many leading newspapers and magazines in both the UK and the USA, including the Daily Telegraph ( from 1970-73 and 1976-8 she was Arts Editor of the Sunday Telegraph Magazine), the Sunday Times, Observer, Vogue, the New York Times and the New Yorker. She also wrote nine Mills & Boon romances under the pseudonym Vanessa James, before publishing her block-buster novel Destiny in 1987 under her real name. It was her article about Daphne du Maurier, commissioned by Tina Brown, and published in The New Yorker in November 1993, which first gave her the idea for writing Rebecca de Winter’s version of events at Manderley – an idea that subsequently became the novel, Rebecca’s Tale. In 2000 she was one of the Whitbread Prize judges for the best novel category. - Nota di disambiguazione
- Sally Kinsey-Miless Beauman Howard writes as Sally Beauman, also wrote under the pseudonym of Vanessa James.
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- Opere
- 30
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- 8
- Utenti
- 2,730
- Popolarità
- #9,410
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 81
- ISBN
- 235
- Lingue
- 17
- Preferito da
- 3
While the first two sections may be dull to fit in with the characters who are supposed to have written them, they do not add anything to the book, and do not encourage the reader to continue. The final fourth section is little better.
The only reason this book gets three stars, is the superbly written third section. This is written from Rebecca's perspective and for the most part feels true to the original character. It is passionately written and fully engages the emotions as she writes to the child she is certain she is carrying.
For a look into the mind of the mysterious Rebecca, this is worth a read, otherwise it's one to steer clear of.… (altro)