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Vanessa James


Born
in Devon, England, The United Kingdom
July 25, 1944

Died
July 11, 2016

Genre
Romance, Contemporary, Fiction


aka Sally Beauman

Sally Kinsey-Miles graduated from Girton College, Cambridge (MA in English Literature) She married Christopher Beauman an economist. After graduating, she moved with her husband to the USA, where she lived for three years, first in Washington DC, then New York, and travelled extensively. She began her career as a journalist in America, joining the staff of the newly launched New York magazine, of which she became associate editor, and continued to write for it after her return to England. Interviewed Alan Howard for the Telegraph Magazine in 1970 in an article called 'A Fellow of Most Excellent Fancy'. (Daily Telegraph Supplement, May 29th.) Apparently a very long interview. The following year they met again, and the rest i ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 1,013 ratings · 170 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors
Try to Remember
3.78 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions
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The Devil's Advocate
3.35 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions
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The Genealogy of Greek Myth...
4.30 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Prisoner
3.61 avg rating — 76 ratings — 4 editions
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The Object of the Game
3.57 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions
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The Fire and the Ice
3.26 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions
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Give Me This Night
2.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Chance Meetings
2.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions
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Shakespeare's Genealogies: ...
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Ever After
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