Rosemary Bailey (1953-2019)
Non-fiction writer
About
Rosemary Bailey was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. She was an award-winning travel writer and journalist, and an experienced editor and writing tutor. She wrote a trilogy of books about France — the bestselling Life in a Postcard, The Man Who Married a Mountain and Love and War in the Pyrenees — and a family memoir Scarlet Ribbons: a priest with Aids. As a journalist she contributed regularly to the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, Vogue and Elle.
Rosemary was the author and editor of travel guides to the USA, France and Italy. She was an RLF Fellow, teaching writing skills and mentoring students, a regular tutor for the Arvon Foundation and member of the Society of Authors and the British Guild of Travel Writers.
More from Rosemary Bailey
Telling The Tale Of The Tribe
Rosemary Bailey on researching and writing memoir — and the lasting friendships it brought about. As the author of four…
Scarlet Ribbons
Rosemary Bailey on bringing out a new edition of a book about her late brother. Twenty years after first publishing…
Magical Journalism
Rosemary Bailey discusses Ryszard Kapuściński and his impact on travel writing. Every so often a writer comes along and changes…
Rosemary Bailey – Why I Write
Released on October 19, 2014
Rosemary Bailey
Non-fiction writer
Website
http://www.rosemarybailey.com/
Posts
- Queen Mary, University of London, 2014–2015
- Queen Mary, University of London, 2010–2012