| 词条 | Frances Murray |
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| name = Rosemary Frances Sutherland Booth | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = Frances Murray | birth_name = Rosemary Frances Sutherland | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1928|02|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Teacher, novelist | language = English | nationality = Scottish | citizenship = United Kingdom | education = | alma_mater = | period = 1966–1986 | genre = Children's, romance | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Robert Edward Booth (1927–2011) | partner = | children = 3 | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = RoNA Award | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}Frances Murray is the pseudonym used by Rosemary Frances Booth, née Sutherland (born 10 February 1928), a Scottish writer of children's and romance novels. In 1976, her novel The Burning Lamp won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1] BiographyPersonal life and teaching careerShe was born Rosemary Frances Sutherland on 10 February 1928 in Lanark, the daughter of Frances (Wotherspoon), an artist, and Donald Sutherland, a journalist and playwright. She studied at the University of Glasgow (1945–1947), later she decided took a year out and worked for and toured with the Unity Theatre of Glasgow (1948–1949). On 28 August 1950 she married Robert Edward Booth, a manager, and they had three daughters: Lesley, Judith, and Frances.[2][3] In 1965, she gained an MA at the University of St Andrews, followed by a Diploma in Education in 1966.[2] She taught History at Perth Academy, Scotland (1966–1972)[4] and was Head of History Department at Linlathan School, Dundee (1972–1976). She was principal teacher of History at the Ladies' College, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Isles (1976–1993).[5] In 1993, she retired from teaching. After retiring, Rosemary and her husband moved to Spain to live and then to France where she now lives in the Tarn (department). Writing careerUnder the pseudonym of Frances Murray, she was published from 1966 to 1986. Since 2011, she auto-published e-books in amazon. Throughout her professional teaching career and her retirement, she has always written. Her novels reflect her interest in people, language, literature, art, and all things culinary. Whilst teaching in Scotland she wrote a series of radio scripts for BBC Schools Radio; and award-winning school plays for drama competitions. She was commissioned to write a Scots ballad for the novelist Mary Stewart. BibliographyChildren's novelsPonies Series
Single novels
Romance novels
e-Books (Amazon Kindle)
References and sources1. ^{{Citation|title=Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association|url=http://www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org/index.php/awards|date=5 May 2012}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Frances}}2. ^1 {{Citation| author1 = James Vinson | author2 = D. L. Kirkpatrick | title = Twentieth-century romance and gothic writers | publisher = Gale Research | pages = 898 | year = 1982}} 3. ^{{Citation| author1 = Lesley Henderson | author2 = D. L. Kirkpatrick | title = Twentieth-century romance and historical writers | publisher = St. James Press | pages = 856 | year = 1990}} 4. ^{{Citation| author1 = Ernest Kay | title = The International authors and writers who's who | year = 1976}} 5. ^{{Citation| author1 = Miranda H. Ferrara | title = The Writer's Directory, 1998–2000 | publisher = St. James Press | year = 1985 | pages = 1836}} 15 : 1928 births|Scottish romantic fiction writers|Living people|RoNA Award winners|20th-century Scottish novelists|21st-century Scottish novelists|20th-century British women writers|21st-century British women writers|Women romantic fiction writers|British women novelists|People from Lanark|Alumni of the University of Glasgow|Alumni of the University of St Andrews|Pseudonymous women writers|Pseudonymous writers |
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