Julia Gregson
Born1947 (age 76–77)
London
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Period2004 – present
GenreHistorical fiction
Notable worksJasmine Nights
Band of Angels
East of the Sun
Notable awardsLiterary Review Short Story Award (1990)
Prince Maurice Prize for Literary Love Stories (2009)
Romantic Novel of the Year (2009)
Spouse
Unknown spouse
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(m. 1966; div. 1972)​
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    (m. 1984; died 2019)​
    Children1
    RelativesNatasha Gregson Wagner (stepdaughter)
    Michael Craig (brother-in-law)
    Jessica Gregson (niece)
    Website
    juliagregson.net

    Julia Gregson (born 1947) is a British writer of short stories and novels. Her first published short story won Ryman's Literary Review Short story award. In 2009, her novel East of the Sun won the Prince Maurice Prize for Literary Love stories, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

    Biography

    Personal life

    At age 19, Gregson married an equally young academic who worked at Sydney University. The marriage ended in divorce after six years.[2][3]

    She began dating producer/writer Richard Gregson in the late 1970s, and the couple married in 1984. Together they had one daughter, Poppy.[3] She has four stepchildren from her husband's previous marriages, including actress Natasha Gregson Wagner.

    Widowed since 2019,[4] Gregson lives in Monmouthshire, Wales.[5]

    Career

    Julia Gregson was a journalist for Sungravure Magazines in Australia before becoming a foreign correspondent in the United States. She went on assignments to Vietnam, India and Mexico. She started writing short-stories before publishing her first novel in 2004.

    Bibliography

    • The Water Horse (2004) aka Band of Angels (US title)
    • East of the Sun (2008)
    • Jasmine Nights (2012)
    • Crossing Borders (2014)
    • Monsoon Summer (2016)

    References and sources

    1. ↑ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 14 October 2012
    2. ↑ Queen of the beach London Evening Standard, 4 August 2008
    3. 1 2 Julia Gregson tells how riding with Mick Jagger started her writing WalesOnline, 8 March 2013
    4. ↑ Richard Gregson, film producer, Oscar-nominated screenwriter and agent who counted Robert Redford among his roster of stars – obituary The Telegraph, 28 October 2019
    5. ↑ About Julia Gregson, 14 October 2012


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