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Reay Tannahill
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] BiographyPersonal lifeReay 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] CareerBefore 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] BibliographyAs Reay TannahillNon-fiction works
Historical fictionSingle novels
Dame Constance de Clair Series
As Annabel Laine
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