Rosamund Jane Lupton (née Orde-Powlett), is a British writer. She studied literature at

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. She is perhaps best known for her novels ''Sister'', ''Afterwards, The Quality of Silence'' and ''Three Hours.''

Early life and family

Lupton was born on 22 July 1964, the daughter of the Hon. Patrick Christopher Orde-Powlett, son of Nigel Amyas Orde-Powlett, 6th Baron Bolton of

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. On 1 May 1999, she married Martin Geoffrey Francis Lupton, son of Geoffrey Charles Martineau Lupton (1930-2019), the grandson of Leeds

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Hugh Lupton and nephew of Arther Ransome.

Career

In her first novel, ''Sister'', Lupton tells the story of Beatrice, living in New York, searching for Tess, her missing sister, who lives in London. ''Sister'' sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It has been translated into 30 languages, and it is a bestseller on the ''

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'' and ''

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'' lists. It received positive reviews from critics. Her second novel, ''Afterwards'', was awarded "best mystery books of 2012" by the ''

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'', and "best book of 2012" by

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. FilmNation optioned the film rights to her third novel, ''The Quality of Silence'', in March 2016. Her new novel'', Three Hours,'' was published in January 2020 and is a Sunday Times bestseller and the Times thriller of the year Rosamund Lupton was a winner of

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's new writers' competition, and before being a novelist, she was a script-writer for television and film, writing original screenplays.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lupton, Rosamund 1964 births Living people English women novelists 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women Alumni of the University of Cambridge