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Reay Tannahill[pronunciation?] (9 December 1929 – 2 November 2007) was a British historian, non-fiction writer, and novelist, best known perhaps for two non-fiction bestsellers: Food in History and Sex in History. She also wrote under the pseudonym Annabel Laine.[1] Her novel Passing Glory won in 1990 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[2]
Reay Tannahill | |
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Born | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | 9 December 1929
Died | 2 November 2007 77) London, England, United Kingdom | (aged
Pen name | Reay Tannahill, Annabel Laine |
Occupation | Historian, writer, novelist |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1964–2007 |
Genre | Non-fiction, historical fiction, romance |
Notable awards | RoNA Award |
Spouse | Michael Edwardes (1958-1983) |
Reay Tannahill was born on 9 December 1929[3] in Glasgow, Scotland,[4] where she was brought up.[5] Her forename was the maiden name of her mother, Olive Reay.[4] She was educated at Shawlands Academy, and obtained an MA in history and a postgraduate certificate in Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow.[5]
In 1958, she married Michael Edwardes; the marriage ended in divorce in 1983 and he died in 1990.[3]
Until her death on 2 November 2007 she lived in a terraced house in London near Tate Britain.[4]
Before she started to write, she worked as a probation officer, advertising copywriter, newspaper reporter, historical researcher and graphic designer.[3] She published her first non-fiction book in 1964. With the international success that came with the book Food in History, her publisher suggested a companion volume on the second great human imperative, Sex in History. For her 2002 revised edition of Food in History, she won the Premio Letterario Internazionale Chianti Ruffino Antico Fattore.[4]
She also wrote historical romance novels, and in 1990, her novel Passing Glory won in 1990 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[2]
She belonged to the Arts Club and the Authors' Club, and was chairman of the latter from 1997 to 2000.[4]
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