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Biography

Personal life

At age 19, Gregson married an equally young academic who worked at

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. The marriage ended in divorce after six years.Julia Gregson tells how riding with Mick Jagger started her writing
''WalesOnline'', 8 March 2013 She began dating producer/writer

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in the late 1970s, and the couple married in 1984. Together they had one daughter, Poppy. She has four stepchildren from her husband's previous marriages, including actress

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''The Telegraph'', 28 October 2019 Gregson lives in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Career

Julia Gregson was a journalist for Sungravure Magazines in Australia before becoming a foreign correspondent in the United States. She went on assignments to Vietnam, India and Mexico. She started writing short-stories before publishing her first novel in 2004.

Bibliography

* ''The Water Horse'' (2004) aka ''Band of Angels'' (US title) * ''East of the Sun'' (2008) * ''Jasmine Nights'' (2012) * ''Crossing Borders'' (2014) * ''Monsoon Summer'' (2016)

References and sources

External links

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