Rachel Hore

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Rachel Hore
Born (1960-01-26) 26 January 1960 (age 64)
Surrey, England
OccupationAuthor
GenreRomantic fiction, fiction
SpouseD. J. Taylor
Children3
Website
rachelhore.co.uk

Rachel Hore (born 26 January 1960) is a British fiction writer, living in Norwich.

Hore was born in Surrey, England, and lived with her family in Hong Kong between the ages of five and eight before returning to England.[1] After reading Modern History at St Catherine's College, Oxford, she worked as an editor at HarperCollins[2] until she moved to Norfolk with her husband, the author D. J. Taylor, and three children.

She was in her mid-forties when she wrote her first novel. Aside from writing, she teaches creative writing and publishing at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of thirteen novels, several of which have been Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers.[3]

Publications

  • The Dream House (2006)
  • The Memory Garden (2007)
  • The Glasspainter's Daughter (2009), shortlisted for The Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year 2010.[4]
  • A Place of Secrets (2010)
  • A Gathering Storm (2011), shortlisted for The Romantic Novelists' Association Historical Novel of the Year, 2012.[5]
  • The Silent Tide (2013)
  • A Week In Paris (2014)
  • The House on Bellevue Gardens (2016)
  • Last Letter Home (2018)
  • The Love Child (2019)
  • A Beautiful Spy (2021)
  • One Moonlit Night (2023)
  • The Hidden Years (2024)

References

  1. ^ "About Rachel". Rachel Hore. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Romance is not dead: How Rachel Hore is resurrecting the reputation of the romantic novel". Independent.co.uk. 15 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Rachel Hore". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The Romantic Novel of the Year — Short Listed Authors". romanticnovelistsassociationblog.blogspot.co.uk. 12 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk.
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