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Lucinda Riley (born 16 February 1965) is a New York Times best selling novelist, translated into 28 languages and sold in over 40 countries.


 * 1) Biography
 * 1.1 Early life
 * 1.2 Writing as Lucinda Edmonds 1990-2000
 * 1.3 Writing as Lucinda Riley 2010-
 * 1.4 Personal life
 * 1) Bibliogaphy
 * 2) References
 * 3) External links

Lucinda was born in 1965 in Lisburn, N Ireland and spent her early years in Leicestershire and London. Her mother Janet was an actress and her father was an international business executive who travelled the world widely. She attended the Italia Conti stage school in London from the age of 14 and performed as an actress on the West End stage (Pack of Lies...........more) and television (Auf Wiedersen Pet, Jumping the Queue, The Story of the Treasure Seekers). After a period of illness she started writing at the age of 24 and she moved with her first husband, actor Owen Whittaker (m.1989) to County Cork in Ireland. Her first book 'Lovers and Players' was published by Simon and Schuster in 1992 and became a top 10 bestseller in the UK, and rights were sold to a further 16 countries. This was followed by 'Hidden Beauty' (1993), 'Enchanted'(1994), 'Not Quite an Angel' (1995), 'Aria' (1996), 'Losing You' (1997), and 'Playing with Fire' (1998). In 1998, she moved back to UK and lived on the Exton Estate in Rutland, and changed publisher to Pan Macmillan who released 'Seeing Double' (2000), a story featuring the little known fact that royalty historically used doubles to attend public functions where there were security concerns - and a national newspaper reviewer of the book claimed "St James' Palace won't like this'. After remarrying and having a break to raise her children, she used her experiences of developing property and living in Thailand and Southern France to write her book 'Hot House Flower'(2011). Penguin bought the world rights for this title and also for 'The Girl on the Cliff'(2012). Hot House Flower (also called Orchid House) was selected by UK's Richard and Judy Bookclub, became a New York Times best seller, and went on to sell over two million copies and reach No 1 in four European countries including Germany. In 2013, Lucinda returned to editor Jeremy Trevathan at Pan Macmillan who published 'The Light Behind the Window' (2013 - also called The Lavender Garden) and Midnight Rose (2014). She also re-edited the first two of her backlist titles ('Aria' and 'Not Quite an Angel') and these have been republished as 'The Italian Girl'(2014) and 'The Angel Tree'(2014) Lucinda has now commenced a heptalogy (a series of seven books) based allegorically on the Greek legends of the Seven Sisters star cluster. Book one 'The Seven Sisters' (2014) will be followed in 2015 by 'The Second Sister', and the seventh book will be titled 'The Missing Sister'. Lucinda now is translated into 28 languages and sold in over 40 countries.
 * 1) Biography
 * 1.1 Early life
 * 1.2 Writing as Lucinda Edmonds
 * 1.3 Writing as Lucinda Riley

She has four children and three step children from her second marriage to company director Stephen Riley who also acts as her literary agent (ref). She divides her time between North Norfolk, London, and the South of France.
 * 1.4 Personal Life


 * 1) 2 Bibliography


 * Lovers and Players (1992) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Hidden Beauty (1993) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Lovers and Players (1992) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Enchanted (1994) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Not Quite an Angel (1995) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Aria (1996) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Losing You (1997) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Playing with Fire (1998) Publisher Simon and Schuster
 * Seeing Double (2000) Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * Hot House Flower (The Orchid House) (2011) Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * The Girl on the Cliff (2012)Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * The Light Behind the Window (The Lavender Garden) (2013) Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * Midnight Rose (2014) Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * The Italian Girl (2014) - previously Aria. Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * The Seven Sisters (2014) Publisher Pan Macmillan
 * The Angel Tree (2014) - previously Not Quite an Angel


 * 1) 3 References


 * 1) 4 External links
 * www.lucindariley.com
 * www.thesevensistersseries.com
 * www.panmacmillan.com
 * www.imprints.simonandschuster.biz/atria
 * www.randomhouse.de/goldmann

Summary Born: 16th Feb 1965, Lisburn, N Ireland Occupation: Novelist Nationality:British Genre: Historical and biographical fiction Notable Works: Hothouse Flower (The Orchid House), Midnight Rose, The Seven Sisters. Spouse: Stephen Riley (m.2000) website: www.lucindariley.com