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BiographyRosemary Furber started her writing career as a freelance journalist working for London's Evening Standard, the Independent on Sunday, the Sunday Tribune and various magazines. She was also a member of the founding team of The Week. A former City solicitor, she combined bringing up her three children with commissioning legal textbooks for Butterworths and journalism. She now writes full time and is a prison visitor. She was born in Belfast and lives with her family in south London.Rosemary's first novel, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET, was published in June 2005 by Dublin's Wolfhound Press. Known as WYSIWYG, it's a ghost story set in Greenwich for anyone over 12 years old. THE FINE ART OF THE LAW was a short drama for BBC Radio 3 written by Rosemary and performed by her, with her husband James, in December 2005. In October 2006 Crombie Jardine published I SUE YOU, a collection of daft court cases from all over the world. A volume of ridiculous crimes, YOU'RE NICKED, followed in September 2007. Rosemary's first novel for adults is under contract to the Maia Press for publication in early 2009: THE MOST INTIMATE PLACE is a rock & roll thriller for adults about abusive religion. Patrick is a 25-year old journalist who is sent to interview a controversial woman priest and uncovers what he thinks is a scandal. As he investigates, she introduces him to parts of his soul no other experience has reached and he becomes obsessed with her. He winds up in jail on remand for her murder, and writes to his girlfriend to explain what happened and why. Rosemary's third novel, working title LOVED UP, is also under contract to Maia. Some day Rosemary hopes to complete NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T, a novel for young teenagers about horse-riding, cruelty and terrorism. |