Rebecca Shaw

Rebecca Shaw is the bestselling author of more than one million books.She wrote 29 novels, mainly published in two series. The Barleybridge series is set in a country vet practice. The Turnham Malpas series revolves around the lives, love and intrigues of a fictional country village. All of these books are still in print; a remarkable tribute to the enduring popularity of her stories. It means readers can read all the books in order if they wish, although each book stands alone on its own merits.Rebecca also wrote two eBooks: Curtain Up and The House at Spinnaker Cove. Rebecca qualified as a teacher of deaf children and went on to marry and raise four children. Rebecca turned to writing later in life when her children had left home.Rebecca's very first novel, The New Rector, the first book in the Turnham Malpas series, was picked up and published by Orion Books, with whom she had a very long and happy relationship.