Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain was born on 2 August 1943 in London, England. She attended Francis Holland School and studied literature at the Sorbonne in Paris before reading English at the University of East Anglia. She has taught creative writing at UEA and was Chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 2013 to 2023. She is one of Britain's most respected novelists, widely celebrated for her historical fiction. Tremain's novels include Restoration (1989, Booker Prize shortlist and Sunday Express Book of the Year), Music and Silence (1999, Whitbread Novel Award winner), and The Road Home (2008, Orange Prize for Fiction winner). Other celebrated works include Trespass (2010), The Gustav Sonata (2016), and her memoir Rosie (2021). She has also published short story collections and plays for radio and television. She was made a CBE in 2007.