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Rosie Rushton

Rosie Rushton

  • 4 stars across 23 books
Rosie Rushton began her career as a feature writer for a local paper. STAYING COOL, SURVIVING SCHOOL was her first book, published by Piccadilly Press in 1993. After writing another non-fiction title, YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND, I HATE YOU!, Rosie turned to fiction. A conversation with Piccadilly turned to embarrassing parents and The Leehampton Quartet was born.

Rosie lives in Moulton, Northamptonshire. Her hobbies are: tracing her family history to see who she can blame for her dottiness, fine wine and food - an interest to which her buttocks bear evidence - travelling the world, being with her grandchildren, walking, theatre, reading and all things Indian. In the future she wants to write a TV drama for teenage audiences, visit Kathmandu, write the novel that has been pounding in her brain for years but has never quite got to the keyboard, and learn to slow down and smell the roses.
4th October 2018

Poppy Field

  A beautifully illustrated story celebrating the poppy's history. Michael Morpurgo and Michael For... MorePoppy Field

(3 reviews) Review
27th January 2009

Love, Lies and Lizzie

What would happen if Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE was set in the twenty-first century?When Mrs Bennet inherits enou... MoreLove, Lies and Lizzie

(1 review) Review
26th April 2012

Whatever Love is

(1 review) Review
1st March 2007

Summer of Secrets

Caitlin Morland, whose pastimes including drawing caricatures of the rich and famous and reading every column inch of al... MoreSummer of Secrets

(1 review) Review
26th January 2010

Echoes of Love

Anna Eliot adored the gorgeous Felix Wentworth, but still called an end to their relationship. Two years later, Felix, w... MoreEchoes of Love

(1 review) Review
25th February 2005

The Secrets of Love

What would happen if you transferred the traumas of teenage love from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility to the twenty-... MoreThe Secrets of Love

(1 review) Review
1st February 2008

Secret Schemes and Daring Dreams

Emma Woodhouse had, for seventeen years and ten months, had pretty much everything in life her own way (if you overlook ... MoreSecret Schemes and Daring Dreams

(1 review) Review
14th March 2002

Break Point

Emily is an ace tennis player and the club coach is encouraging her to follow tennis as a career. Her mother agrees, her... MoreBreak Point

(0 reviews) Review
22nd October 2010

Looking for Billie

How far would you go to find your real mum? Billie Gold heard a woman on a train say that she's "looking for Billie". Sh... MoreLooking for Billie

(0 reviews) Review
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