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. She appeared as a castaway on the

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Education

Edmonds matriculated at

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, in 1970 and graduated with a master's degree in Modern and Medieval Languages. She is a fellow at the

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Personal life

Edmonds has two younger brothers, both of whom are

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. Her older brother is the physician Kieran Moriarty

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, FRCP, FRCPI. Edmonds married the former England cricketer

towards the end of 1976. They have a daughter.

Bibliography

* (with the English cricket team in the West Indies in 1985–86) * *

References

External links

* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) British non-fiction writers Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub