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Lady Rachel Mary Billington OBE (née Pakenham; born 11 May 1942) is a British author, the third daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford; both parents were writers, as was her aunt, Christine Longford.
A successful novelist, for a time she is content to be a sardonic voyeur. Each sister is lost in her own world where extreme need leads to extreme behaviour. Then Cleo, the youngest and wildest, becomes the catalyst to smash the pattern. Who will adapt and survive? Who will find peace?
Introduction. I’m often asked what leads me to a subject for a new novel. It seems to particularly interest readers that I seldom stay with one theme for more than one book. But why would I write a book about a subject I already understand? For me writing a novel is an exciting voyage of discovery. How will my character behave?
Biography. Rachel Billington worked in television in London and New York before taking up full-time writing in 1968. Her first novel All Things Nice was set in sixties New York. Her latest novel for adults is ‘Clouds of Love and War’, (to be published by Unicorn Publishing July 2020), about a Spitfire pilot in the Second World War and the ...
Lady Rachel Mary Billington OBE is a British author. Billington worked in television in London and New York before taking up full-time writing in 1968. She has published twenty-one novels for adults, including the bestsellers A Woman’s Age and Bodily Harm.
Rachel Billington has written twenty one novels and eleven books for children. She is also a journalist, feature writer and reviewer. She is a regular contributor and Associate Editor of Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and a Vice-President of English PEN.
Rachel Billington was born on 11 May 1942. She is a writer and editor, known for The Light at the Edge of the World (1971), Play for Today (1970) and I'll Walk (2018). She has been married to Kevin Billington since 1967.
