Sally Beauman was born in Devon and graduated from Girton College, Cambridge. She began her career as a critic and writer forNew Yorkmagazine and continued to write for leading periodicals in America and the UK after returning to England. In 1970 she was the first recipient of the Catherine Pakenham Award for her journalism, and at the age of 24 editedQueenmagazine. She has written for theNew Yorker,The Sunday Timesand the Telegraph Magazine, where she was Arts Editor. Her novels have been translated into over twenty languages and are bestsellers worldwide.
In addition to her novels, Sally has also published two non-fiction books based on the history and work of the RSC:The Royal Shakespeare Company's Centenary Production of Henry V. (Edited and with foreword by Sally Beauman, Pergamon Press, 1976) andThe Royal Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades(OUP, 1982). In the USA,The Landcape of Lovewas published asThe Sisters Mortland.
Sally Beauman was married to the actor Alan Howard. They divided their time between London and their house on a remote island in the Hebrides. They have one son and two grandchildren. Sally passed away on 7th July 2016.
