Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Upper Armley, Leeds, in Yorkshire on May 10, 1933. At the age of fifteen, she was working as a typist for the Yorkshire Evening Post. After six months, she was promoted to cub reporter in the newsroom. At eighteen, she became the newspaper's Woman's Page Editor mehr anzeigen and at twenty, she headed for London where she became Fashion Editor of the magazine Woman's Own. She also reported for the London Evening News, Today Magazine and other publications, covering everything from crime to show business. In 1961, she met her future husband Robert Bradford and they were married in 1963. After they married, they moved to the United States and she began writing a syndicated column, Designing Woman. The column was published for twelve years and received several awards. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and she has since written over 20 novels. Many of her novels have been made into television mini-series including A Woman of Substance, Voice of the Heart, Act of Will, Everything to Gain and A Secret Affair. She also wrote children's books and eight books on decorating. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communication Inc in 1985, the City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award in 1995, the Five Towns Music and Art Foundation's Award of Achievement for outstanding accomplishments in the field of Literature in 1997 and the British Excellence Award in 1998. She was inducted into the Matrix Hall of Fame in 1998 and into the Writers Hall of Fame of America in 2003. In 2007, she was awarded an OBE (The Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to Literature. She is a member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. She is also involved in several charity projects such as Literacy Partners and the Police Athletic League of New York City. She made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2014 with her title Cavendon Hall. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Barbara Taylor Bradford in 2008 - Photo: ©Larry Marano
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Children's Stories of the Bible: From the Old and New Testaments (1968) — Herausgeber — 432 Exemplare
THE CAVERDON CHRONICLES 3/3b cav-hal,luc,wom 2 Exemplare
A Secret Affair [and] Love in Another Town 2 Exemplare
Etiquette to Please Him (How to be the Perfect Wife Series) (How to be the Perfect Wife, Etiquette to Please Him) (1969) 2 Exemplare
PRETUL SUCCESULUI 1 Exemplar
Le secret de Katie Byrne 1 Exemplar
PRETUL SUCCESULUI VOL2 1 Exemplar
Ba Tuan O Paris Cuoc Song Bi An Cua Loai Ong 1 Exemplar
BATICAT E FATIT 1 Exemplar
Barbara Taylor Bradford Collection 8 Books Set Pack ((Remember, Act of Will, Angel, A Sudden Change of Heart, Hold the… (1900) 1 Exemplar
TUDO A GANHAR 1 Exemplar
Nebezpečná odhalení 1 Exemplar
Tiempo de una vida 1 Exemplar
Audras Erbe - Wer Liebe sät (Starke Frauen, große Liebesgeschichten) (German Edition) (2021) 1 Exemplar
La voce del cuore 1 Exemplar
Appuntamento a Parigi 1 Exemplar
Cavendon Hall - Uuden ajan portailla 1 Exemplar
Nezapomeň 1 Exemplar
Sonho Dourado, 2º vol. 1 Exemplar
Сбогуване във Венеция 1 Exemplar
The Revenscar Dynasty 1 Exemplar
Auf den Flügeln der Hoffnung 1 Exemplar
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Of Love and Life: Three Weeks in Paris / The Secret Life of Bees / Fair Game (2002) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1933-05-10
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Northcote School for Girls
- Berufe
- editor (newspaper)
columnist (newspaper)
writer
author
novelist - Organisationen
- James Madison Council of Library of Congress
PACT (Parents & Abducted Children Together)
The New York Pops Orchestra
The Police Athletic League - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Award (Contemporary Novel, 2006)
appeared on a postage stamp (1999 | St. Vincent and Granada )
Order of the British Empire (Officer, 2007)
Writers Hall of Fame of America, 2003 - Agent
- Paul Gitlin
- Kurzbiographie
- Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE (May 10 1933) is an English novelist. Her 1979 debut, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling novels in history, with more than 31 million copies in print. She is also the first author in publishing history to record 24 consecutive bestselling novels in both the US and the UK. Bradford was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire as the only child of Freda and Winston Taylor. She grew up in the Leeds suburb of Armley and after Town Street Church of England School and Northcote School for Girls she worked in the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post before going into journalism. By the age of twenty she was the fashion editor of Woman's Own Magazine and an editor and columnist on Fleet Street for the London Evening News. Bradford's books have sold more than eighty-one (81) million copies worldwide in more than ninety (90) countries and forty (40) languages. Ten (10) of her books have been made into miniseries and television movies, making her the No. 1 best-selling author of women's fiction over the last 30 years.
Currently, one of the richest living authors, Bradford's personal wealth has exceeded £145 million, making her one of the wealthiest women in the UK. Barbara lives in New York City with television producer Robert Bradford, her husband since 1963.
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