![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She was a "rebel" at Colston's Girls' School where she obtained a B grade in English and two E grades in History and Geography at A-level. When she was two years old, her family moved to Bristol, UK. Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, at that time serving as capital city of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (modern-day Republic of Kenya), the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory, a radio operator and navigator for East African Airways. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two films.ĪudioFile magazine has called Gregory "the queen of British historical fiction". Philippa Gregory CBE (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. Recorded June 2012 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Bookclub ![]()
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