Philippa Gregory
Born 9 January 1954
From Nairobi, Nairobi City County, Kenya · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, Kenya, the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory, a radio operator and navigator for East African Airways. When she was two years old, her family moved to England. She was a "rebel" at school, but managed to attend the University of Sussex. She worked in BBC radio for two years before attending the University of Edinburgh, where she earned her doctorate in 18th-century literature, and she was named Alumna of the Year 2009. She has taught at the University of Durham, University of Teesside, and the Open University, and was made a Fellow of Kingston University in 1994.
Philippa wrote her first novel Wideacre while completing her a PhD, and living in a cottage on the Pennine Way with first husband Peter Chislett, editor of the Hartlepool Mail, and their baby daughter, Victoria. They divorced before the book was published. Following the success of Wideacre and the publication of The Favoured Child, she moved south to near Midhurst, West Sussex, where the Wideacre trilogy was set. Here she married her second husband Paul Carter, with whom she has a son. She divorced for a second time and married Anthony Mason, who she had first met during her time in Hartlepool. She was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the novel The Other Boleyn Girl which was made into a tv drama, and a major film.
Books by Philippa Gregory in order
Books by Philippa Gregory in the order they were published, from Wideacre (1987) to Tidelands (2019).
- 1Wideacre
Wideacre1987 - 2The Favored Child
The Favored Child1989 - 3Meridon
Meridon1990 - 4The Wise Woman
The Wise Woman1992 - 5Fallen Skies
Fallen Skies1993 - 6Earthly Joys
Earthly Joys1998 - 7The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl2001 - 8The Queen's Fool
The Queen's Fool2003 - 9The Virgin's Lover
The Virgin's Lover2004 - 10The Constant Princess
The Constant Princess2005 - 11The Boleyn Inheritance
The Boleyn Inheritance2006 - 12The Other Queen
The Other Queen2008 - 13White Queen
White Queen2009 - 14The Red Queen
The Red Queen2010 - 15Lady of the Rivers
Lady of the Rivers2011 - 16Changeling
Changeling2012 - 17The Kingmaker's Daughter
The Kingmaker's Daughter2012 - 18Stormbringers
Stormbringers2013 - 19The White Princess
The White Princess2013 - 20The King's Curse
The King's Curse2014 - 21The Taming of The Queen
The Taming of The Queen2015 - 22Three Sisters, Three Queens
Three Sisters, Three Queens2016 - 23The Last Tudor
The Last Tudor2017 - 24Tidelands
Tidelands2019