Gillian Tindall

Gillian Tindall (born 4 May 1938) is a British writer and historian. Among her books are ''City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay'' (1992) and ''Celestine: Voices from a French Village'' (1997). Her novel ''Fly Away Home'' won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1972. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Tindall worked as a journalist, writing stories for ''The Guardian'', the ''Evening Standard'', ''The Times'', and ''The Independent'' – and for many years she was a regular guest on the BBC Radio 3 arts discussion programme, ''Critics' Forum''. Since 1963 she has lived in Kentish Town, North London. Provided by Wikipedia