Husband Professor Stanley Wells is one of the world's greatest
authorities on the life and works of William Shakespeare.
Has been a monthly columnist for the Daily Telegraph since 1977.
Has two daughters: Jessica (b. 1977) and Clemency (b. 1985). She had
another daughter Imogen (b. 1984) who was born prematurely and died at
the age of five weeks.
She wrote her first novel, The Enclosure (published in 1961), when she
was 15.
She won the Somerset Maugham Award for her 1970 novel 'I'm the King of
the Castle' and was awarded the 1972 Whitbread Novel Award for 'The
Bird of the Night' which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Literature. She is an author.
Gloucestershire, England: Author (June 2012)
She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Literature in Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, England.