Barbara Lively, the writer, is married with two children. She has wirtten over 40 books. She started writing after the
death of her first husband. She has lived in many parts of the
world, including Japan and India.
She has spent her childhood in Egypt, but came to England in 1966.
She wrote both prose and protly, but is best known for her romantic
novels. She has won many awards, including the Booker Prize, which
she won in 1988 for the novel Dark Times to Come.