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Philippa Gregory
(b.1954)Born in Kenya in 1954, Philippa Gregory moved to England with her family and was educated in Bristol and at the National Council for the Training of Journalists course in Cardiff. She worked as a senior reporter on the Portsmouth News, and as a journalist and producer for BBC Radio.
Philippa obtained a BA degree in History at the University of Sussex in Brighton and a PhD at Edinburgh University in 18th-century literature. Her first novel, Wideacre, was written as she completed her PhD and became an instant worldwide bestseller. On its publication, she became a full-time writer.
Wideacre was followed by a haunting sequel, The Favoured Child, and the delightful happy ending of the trilogy: Meridon. This novel was listed in Feminist Book Fortnight and for the Romantic Novel of the Year at the same time.
She lives in the North of England with her family and in addition to interests that include riding, walking, skiing and gardening (an interest born from research into the Tradescant family for her novel Virgin Earth) she also runs a small charity building wells in school gardens in The Gambia.
Philippa obtained a BA degree in History at the University of Sussex in Brighton and a PhD at Edinburgh University in 18th-century literature. Her first novel, Wideacre, was written as she completed her PhD and became an instant worldwide bestseller. On its publication, she became a full-time writer.
Wideacre was followed by a haunting sequel, The Favoured Child, and the delightful happy ending of the trilogy: Meridon. This novel was listed in Feminist Book Fortnight and for the Romantic Novel of the Year at the same time.
She lives in the North of England with her family and in addition to interests that include riding, walking, skiing and gardening (an interest born from research into the Tradescant family for her novel Virgin Earth) she also runs a small charity building wells in school gardens in The Gambia.
Genres: Historical, Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction, Mystery
New Books
Series
Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
1. The Lady of the Rivers (2011)
2. The White Queen (2009)
3. The Red Queen (2010)
4. The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012)
5. The White Princess (2013)
6. The Constant Princess (2005)
7. The King's Curse (2014)
8. Three Sisters, Three Queens (2015)
9. The Other Boleyn Girl (2001)
10. The Boleyn Inheritance (2006)
11. The Taming of the Queen (2015)
12. The Queen's Fool (2003)
13. The Virgin's Lover (2003)
14. The Last Tudor (2017)
15. The Other Queen (2008)
1. The Lady of the Rivers (2011)
2. The White Queen (2009)
3. The Red Queen (2010)
4. The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012)
5. The White Princess (2013)
6. The Constant Princess (2005)
7. The King's Curse (2014)
8. Three Sisters, Three Queens (2015)
9. The Other Boleyn Girl (2001)
10. The Boleyn Inheritance (2006)
11. The Taming of the Queen (2015)
12. The Queen's Fool (2003)
13. The Virgin's Lover (2003)
14. The Last Tudor (2017)
15. The Other Queen (2008)
Order of Darkness
1. Changeling (2012)
2. Stormbringers (2013)
3. Fools' Gold (2014)
4. Dark Tracks (2018)
1. Changeling (2012)
2. Stormbringers (2013)
3. Fools' Gold (2014)
4. Dark Tracks (2018)
Princess Rules
1. The Princess Rules (2019)
2. It's a Prince Thing (2020)
3. The Mammoth Adventure (2021)
1. The Princess Rules (2019)
2. It's a Prince Thing (2020)
3. The Mammoth Adventure (2021)
Novels
A Respectable Trade (1992)
Alice Hartley's Happiness (1992)
aka Mrs. Hartley and the Growth Centre / Midlife Mischief
The Wisewoman (1992)
Fallen Skies (1993)
Perfectly Correct (1996)
The Little House (1996)
Zelda's Cut (2000)
Alice Hartley's Happiness (1992)
aka Mrs. Hartley and the Growth Centre / Midlife Mischief
The Wisewoman (1992)
Fallen Skies (1993)
Perfectly Correct (1996)
The Little House (1996)
Zelda's Cut (2000)
Collections
Chapbooks
Picture Books
Non fiction
Omnibus editions
Little House / Zelda's Cut (2003)
Queen's Fool / Virgin's Lover (2009)
Wars of the Roses 2-Book Boxed Set (2011)
The Cousins' War 3-Book Boxed Set (2011)
Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set (2011)
Philippa Gregory 3 Book Set (2012)
The Philippa Gregory Collection (2013)
The Cousins' War Collection (2014)
Queen's Fool / Virgin's Lover (2009)
Wars of the Roses 2-Book Boxed Set (2011)
The Cousins' War 3-Book Boxed Set (2011)
Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set (2011)
Philippa Gregory 3 Book Set (2012)
The Philippa Gregory Collection (2013)
The Cousins' War Collection (2014)
Awards
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Philippa Gregory recommends
Wild, Beautiful, and Free (2023)
Sophfronia Scott
"Telling the story of a child of a slave owner and an enslaved woman, Wild, Beautiful, and Free focuses on the individual heartbreaks of slavery and especially on the heroine, a courageous young woman who has to find her own route to becoming a free woman. It's intensely readable - a page-turner set in a vividly described landscape."
The Frost Fair (2022)
(Miraculous Sweetmakers, book 1)
Natasha Hastings
"Spooky and haunting - what struck me most about this historical fiction/fantasy story for children was the high quality of the writing."
Mrs Whistler (2018)
Matthew Plampin
"Completely engaging …wonderfully evocative. It makes you want to visit the countryside and see Turner’s paintings again. A great book."
Fools and Mortals (2017)
Bernard Cornwell
"With all the vivid history that is his trademark, Bernard Cornwell transports the readers to the playhouses, backstreets and palaces of Shakespeare's London with added depth and compassion."
The Principessa (2007)
Christie Dickason
"The England of James I is magnificently evoked in this engaging novel."
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