Rebecca Shaw was the Sunday Times bestselling author of 28 novels published by Orion Publishing Group. She sold more than one million copies.[1][2] Her books came in two series, Barleybridge and Turnham Malpas, and revolved around the loves and lives of countryside dwellers. She also published three standalone eBooks.
Rebecca Shaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 Leeds, England |
| Died | 7 September 2015 Dorchester, Dorset |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher of deaf children |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Subject | Country life |
| Partner | Married |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | |
| rebeccashaw | |
Life and career
editShaw grew up in Armley, Leeds, and attended the progressive independent co-educational Wennington School. She became a school teacher and worked with deaf children. She lived with her husband, father of her four children, in a Dorset village where she found inspiration for her much-loved classic stories about rural life.
In an interview with Shaw in the Sunday Telegraph, Rebecca Tyrell said Shaw was 'a very gifted storyteller and that is quite an art.'
A review in The Telegraph[3] for 'A Village Deception' described her style as 'The Archers meet Midsomer Murders'.
Shaw wrote 19 books based in the fictional village of Turnham Malpas:
- The New Rector (1994)
- Talk of the Village (1995)
- Village Matters (1996)
- The Village Show (1997)
- Village Secrets (1998)
- Scandal in the Village (1999)
- Village Gossip (1999)
- Trouble in the Village (2000)
- A Village Dilemma (2002)
- Intrigue in the Village (2003)
- Whispers in the Village (2005)
- A Village Feud (2006)
- The Village Green Affair (2008)
- The Village Newcomers (2010)
- A Village Deception (2011)
- A Village in Jeopardy (2012)
- Village Fortunes (2014)
- Village Rumours (2015)
- Mystery in the Village (2015)
She wrote 6 books based in the fictional village of Barleybridge:
- A Country Affair (2001)
- Country Wives (2001)
- Country Lovers (2003)
- Country Passions (2004)
- One Hot Country Summer (2007)
- Love in the Country (2009)
Shaw's three eBooks:
- The House at Spinnaker Cove (2014)
- Curtain Up (2014)
- The Love of a Family (2018)
Shaw died in 2015 after a major stroke.[4] She was survived for two years by her husband, who subsequently died on 25 December 2017, and her four children.
References
edit- ^ "Tributes paid to bestselling Dorset author Rebecca Shaw". Dorset Echo. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Rebecca Shaw". Orion Publishing Group. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Rhodes, Chloe (22 February 2011). "Genre: Romance". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ About Rebecca Author's website
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