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'''Janey King''' (born 1947 in [[Denbigh]], Wales) is a British [[journalist]] and [[romance novel]]ist, writing under the pseudonym of '''Rosie Thomas'''.<ref name="jrank">{{Citation|title=Rosie Thomas at JRank|url=http://www.jrank.org/literature/pages/19501/Thomas-Rosie.html|date=2012-07-10}}</ref> She is the author of 20 novels and ranks among the top 100 authors whose books are borrowed from United Kingdom libraries.<ref name=laura/> She is a two-time winner of the [[Romantic Novel of the Year]] award.
'''Janey King''' (born 1947 in [[Denbigh]], Wales) is a British [[journalist]] and [[romance novel]]ist, writing under the pseudonym of '''Rosie Thomas'''. She is the author of 20 novels and ranks among the top 100 authors whose books are borrowed from United Kingdom libraries.<ref name=laura/> She is a two-time winner of the [[Romantic Novel of the Year]] award.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born Janey Morris, she grew up in a north Wales village.<ref name=laura/> Her mother died when she was ten years old.<ref name=daily>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1315190/Why-sweaty-60s-Why-novelist-Rosie-Thomas-says-exercise-vital-older.html |title=Why we should get sweaty in our 60s: Why novelist Rosie Thomas says exercise is vital as you get older|first=Rosie |last=Thomas|date=26 September 2010|accessdate=30 December 2013|work=[[Daily Mail]]}}</ref> She was educated at [[Millfield]] and later studied at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford]]. She worked as a journalist and in publishing before undertaking full-time writing.<ref name="jrank" /> She drew her pseudonym from her mother's name, Rose, and her sister's married name, Thomas.<ref name=laura/>
Born Janey Morris, she grew up in a north Wales village.<ref name=laura/> Her mother died when she was ten years old.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} She was educated at [[Millfield]] and later studied at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford]]. She worked as a journalist and in publishing before undertaking full-time writing.{{cn|date=August 2022}} She drew her pseudonym from her mother's name, Rose, and her sister's married name, Thomas.<ref name=laura/>


She has published numerous novels since 1982, with several of them becoming top ten bestsellers. Her books deal with the common themes of love and loss.<ref name=HCBiog>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Rosie Thomas|url=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/6539/rosie-thomas|work=[[Harper Collins]] website|date=|accessdate=2010-02-09}}</ref>
She has published numerous novels since 1982, with several of them becoming top ten bestsellers. Her books deal with the common themes of love and loss.<ref name=HCBiog>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Rosie Thomas|url=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/6539/rosie-thomas|work=[[HarperCollins]] website|date=|accessdate=2010-02-09}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==Personal==
==Personal==
Thomas married her husband, a literary agent, after graduating university. They had two children.<ref name=laura/> After their divorce in the mid-1990s, she turned to traveling<ref name=daily/> and became an avid [[mountaineering|mountaineer]].<ref name=laura/> On her 60th birthday, she climbed the [[Eiger]] in Switzerland.<ref name=daily/> She has also competed in the [[Peking to Paris]] [[car rally]].<ref name=Guardian>{{cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Carl|title=Me and my travels: Rosie Thomas, author |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/06/10 |work=The Guardian |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2010-02-09}}</ref> She lives in [[London]].<ref name=laura>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/07/fiction.gender|title='I'm just trying to write about women's lives'|first=Laura|last=Barton|date=7 May 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref>
Thomas married her husband, a literary agent, after graduating university. They had two children.<ref name=laura/> After their divorce in the mid-1990s, she turned to traveling and became an avid [[mountaineering|mountaineer]].<ref name=laura/> On her 60th birthday, she climbed the [[Eiger]] in Switzerland.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} She has also competed in the [[Peking to Paris]] [[car rally]].<ref name=Guardian>{{cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Carl|title=Me and my travels: Rosie Thomas, author |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/06/10 |work=The Guardian |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2010-02-09}}</ref> She lives in [[London]].<ref name=laura>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/07/fiction.gender|title='I'm just trying to write about women's lives'|first=Laura|last=Barton|date=7 May 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*''The Kashmir Shawl'' (2011)
*''The Kashmir Shawl'' (2011)
*''The Illusionists'' (2014)
*''The Illusionists'' (2014)
*''Daughter of the House'' (2015)


===Non-fiction===
===Non-fiction===
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Latest revision as of 02:16, 7 April 2024

Janey Morris King
BornJaney Morris
1947 (age 77–78)
Denbigh, Wales, United Kingdom
Pen nameRosie Thomas
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1982–present
GenreRomance
Notable awardsRomantic Novel of the Year (1985, 2007)
Website
rosiethomasauthor.com

Janey King (born 1947 in Denbigh, Wales) is a British journalist and romance novelist, writing under the pseudonym of Rosie Thomas. She is the author of 20 novels and ranks among the top 100 authors whose books are borrowed from United Kingdom libraries.[1] She is a two-time winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year award.

Biography

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Born Janey Morris, she grew up in a north Wales village.[1] Her mother died when she was ten years old.[citation needed] She was educated at Millfield and later studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She worked as a journalist and in publishing before undertaking full-time writing.[citation needed] She drew her pseudonym from her mother's name, Rose, and her sister's married name, Thomas.[1]

She has published numerous novels since 1982, with several of them becoming top ten bestsellers. Her books deal with the common themes of love and loss.[2]

Awards

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She is one of only a few authors to have twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She won in 1985 for her third novel, Sunrise, and in 2007 for Iris and Ruby.[3] In 2012 the Romantic Novelists' Association awarded Best Epic Romance of the Year to her 2011 novel, The Kashmir Shawl.[4]

Personal

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Thomas married her husband, a literary agent, after graduating university. They had two children.[1] After their divorce in the mid-1990s, she turned to traveling and became an avid mountaineer.[1] On her 60th birthday, she climbed the Eiger in Switzerland.[citation needed] She has also competed in the Peking to Paris car rally.[5] She lives in London.[1]

Bibliography

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She has written the following works:[6]

Novels

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  • Celebration (1982) (known as Love's Choice in the United States)
  • Follies (1983)
  • Sunrise (1984)
  • The White Dove (1986)
  • Strangers (1987)
  • Bad Girls, Good Women (1988)
  • A Woman of Our Times (1990)
  • All My Sins Remembered (1991)
  • Other People's Marriages (1993)
  • A Simple Life (1995)
  • Every Woman Knows a Secret (1996)
  • Moon Island (1998)
  • White (2000)
  • The Potter's House (2001)
  • If My Father Loved Me (2003)
  • Sun at Midnight (2004)
  • Iris and Ruby (2006)
  • Constance (2007)
  • Lovers & Newcomers (2010)
  • The Kashmir Shawl (2011)
  • The Illusionists (2014)
  • Daughter of the House (2015)

Non-fiction

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  • Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris (1998)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Barton, Laura (7 May 2007). "'I'm just trying to write about women's lives'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Rosie Thomas". HarperCollins website. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  3. ^ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 10 July 2012
  4. ^ Haigh, Jess (13 September 2012). "For Books' Sake Talks To: Rosie Thomas". Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ Wilkinson, Carl (6 April 2008). "Me and my travels: Rosie Thomas, author". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  6. ^ Rosie Thomas at FantasticFiction, 10 July 2012
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