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I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened.
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Birth: | 9th December, 1943 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist |
Joanna Trollope was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England. She is an English novelist. She also wrote under the pseudonym of Caroline Harvey. She studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has written several novels include: Eliza Stanhope, Parson Harding's Daughter (Won- Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 1980), Leaves from the Valley, The City of Gems, The Taverners' place, A Village Affair, A passionate man, The Men & the Girls, A Spanish lover, A Castle in Italy, Other people's children, Marrying the mistress, Girl from the South, Second Honeymoon, Friday Nights, The Other Family, Daughters-in-Law, The Soldier's Wife, and Sense & Sensibility.
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