About Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Evelina Montague Laurence Pilcher (née Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career her work was published under the pen name of Jane Fraser. == Early and personal life == Born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, Pilcher began life as Rosamunde Scott, a daughter of Helen (née Harvey) and Charles Scott, a British civil servant. Just before her birth, her father was posted to Burma, while her mother remained in England. She began writing when she was seven and was educated at the School of St. Clare in Penzance and Howell's School, Llandaff, before going on to Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College. During the Second World War, she joined the Women's Royal Naval Service and spent two years at the Whale Island Royal Gunnery School, from where she was posted to Trincomalee in Ceylon. There, aged 19, after many rejections, she sold a short story to Woman & Home magazine for 15 guineas. Pilcher served with the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1943 to 1946.
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