The novelist and playwright on being spooked by watermills, a secret kiss and splashing out on family holidays Born in Kenya, Philippa Gregory, 70, wrote her first novel while completing a PhD in 18th‑century literature at Edinburgh University. Wideacre became a bestselling trilogy, and she went on to write many popular historical novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl, The White Queen and The White …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM on April 3, 2024