Elizabeth Buchan, née Oakleigh-Walker (born 21 May 1948) is a British writer of non-fiction and fiction books since 1985. In 1994, her novel Consider the Lily won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association,[1] and she was elected its eighteenth Chairman (1995–1997).[2] Her novel, Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman (2001), has been made into a television film for CBS.[3]
Elizabeth Mary Oakleigh-Walker Buchan | |
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 Elizabeth Buchan at Foyle's Bookstore, London, February 2016. | |
| Born | Elizabeth Mary Oakleigh-Walker 21 May 1948 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Pen name | Elizabeth Buchan |
| Occupation | Novelist, critic |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1985–present |
| Notable works | Consider the Lily, Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Spouse | Benjamin William Alastair Buchan (1974–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Biography edit
Personal life edit
Elizabeth Mary Oakleigh-Walker was born on 21 May 1948 in Guildford, Surrey, England,[4] the daughter of Major Peter Oakleigh-Walker and Eleanor Mary Peters. In the 1970s, she obtained a double degree in English and History at the University of Kent at Canterbury.[3]
On 20 April 1974, she married Benjamin William Alastair Buchan (b. 1948), grandson of the novelist and politician John Buchan. They have one son, Adam Peter Alastair Buchan (b. 1980), and a daughter, Eleanor Rose Buchan (b. 1983).[5]
Writing career edit
She started working as a blurb writer for Penguin Books (1974–1989), and later, since 1989 as fiction editor at Random House.[3] After the publication of her third novel, she became a full-time writer. She lives in London. Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in magazines. She has been a judge for Whitbread (now Costa) Awards, and has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliot Awards and reviews for the Sunday Times. She is also a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and the National Academy of Writing.
Bibliography edit
Game book edit
- Ice Dancer (1985)
Collections edit
- A Dashing Young Tiger Named Jack (poems) (1987) (with Scoular Anderson)
Non-fiction edit
- Beatrix Potter: The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit (1987)
Single novels edit
- Daughters of the Storm (1988)
- Light of the Moon (1991)
- Consider the Lily (1993)
- Perfect Love (1995)
- Against Her Nature (1997)
- Secrets of the Heart (2000)
- The Good Wife (2003) a.k.a. The Good Wife Strikes Back (US title)
- That Certain Age (2004) a.k.a. Everything She Thought She Wanted (US title)
- Separate Beds (2010)
- Daughters (2012)
- I Can't Begin to Tell You (2014)
- The New Mrs Clifton (2016)
- The Museum of Broken Promises, Corvus (2019), ISBN 9781786495280
- Two Women in Rome, Corvus (2021)
The Two Mrs Lloyd Series edit
- Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2001)
- The Second Wife (2006) a.k.a. Wives Behaving Badly (US title)
References and sources edit
- ^ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 7 October 2012
- ^ Past RNA Officers, archived from the original on 11 March 2016, retrieved 17 April 2009
- ^ a b c Elizabeth Buchan's Official Website
- ^ Elizabeth Buchan at Barnes & Noble, archived from the original on 21 January 2011
- ^ Thepeerage.com A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
- ^ Elizabeth Buchan at fantasticfiction