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Her genius is to create characters you really care for -- Daily Express Pilcher's storytelling skills are serene and beguiling -- The Times Whether she is being poignant, wry or perceptive, Rosamunde Pilcher is always gentle -- Woman's Realm It is never too soon to discover Rosamunde Pilcher -- Good Housekeeping A beautiful, haunting story ... that will tug at your heartstrings -- Prima

Rosamunde Pilcher has had a long and distinguished career as a novelist and a short story writer, but it was her phenomenally successful novel, The Shell Seekers, that captured the hearts of all who read it and won her international recognition as one of the best-loved storytellers of our time. Her bestselling novel, Coming Home, was made into a television film. Her most recent bestseller was Winter Solstice. She was awarded an O.B.E for services to literature in 2002, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Dundee University in 2010.