Diana Norman

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Diana Norman (born Mary Diana Narracott ; born August 25, 1933 in London , † January 27, 2011 in Hertfordshire ) also known under the pseudonym Ariana Franklin , was a British writer and biographer.

Life

At the beginning of the Second World War , Diana and her parents spent a short time of their childhood with a well-to-do uncle of their father in London. The constant air raids by Hitler Germany on London caused the mother and her young daughter to move to the country, to Torquay in the county of Devon . Lack of support from wealthy relatives and the parents' divorce shortly afterwards resulted in a very humble life for the mother and daughter.
Diana, then Narracott, left school at the age of 15 in order to contribute financially to a living. Like her father, the Times correspondent , she was interested in journalism and went to London for a daily newspaper when she was 17. At the age of 20 she was already a reporter on Fleet Street , the traditional home of the British press.

Diana Norman married the film critic Barry Norman and gave up her full-time journalistic activity. After the birth of two daughters, she also studied medieval history . From the mid-1990s, she published several internationally successful historical novels, initially under her own name. Since 2006 she has been writing historical thrillers in her Mistress of the Art of Death series with the protagonist Adelia Aguilar under the pseudonym Ariana Franklin . Diana Norman lived with her husband in Hertfordshire until her death.

Awards

  • 2007 Ellis Peters Historical Award of the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for Mistress of the Art of Death (dt. Die Totenleserin . Droemer, Munich 2007) as the best historical crime novel of the previous year
  • 2007 Flintyxan by the Swedish crime magazine Jury for Dödens mästarinna (Original: Mistress of the Art of Death ) as the best historical crime novel
  • 2008 Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award , also for Mistress of the Art of Death as best historical detective novel. Awarded by the American Mystery Readers International (MRI).
  • 2010 Dagger in the Library (The Golden Handcuffs) of the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for authors whose books have been the most widely loaned in libraries

Works

Makepeace Burke series

  • 2002 A Catch of Consequence (German A dangerous rival . German TV, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-423-24408-4 )
  • 2003 Taking Liberties (German: Die gentle Rebellin . German TV, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-423-24467-1 )
  • 2006 The Sparks Fly Upward

Mistress of the Art of Death series

  • 2007 Mistress of the Art of Death ( Ger . Die Totenleserin . Droemer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-19739-4 )
  • 2008 The Death Maze (US edition: The Serpent's Tale . Ger. Die Teufelshaube . Droemer, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-19740-0 )
  • 2009 Relics of the Dead (US edition: Grave Goods . Ger. The King and the Dead Reader .)
  • 2010 The Assassin's Prayer (US edition: A Murderous Procession . German. The curse of the dead reader .)

More novels

  • 1980 Fitzempress' Law
  • 1981 King of the Last Days
  • 1985 The Morning Gift (German: The Bridal Gift . Bertelsmann Club, Rheda-Wiedenbrück 1996)
  • 1988 Daughter of Lîr (German daughter of the island . Bertelsmann Club, Rheda-Wiedenbrück 1996)
  • 1991 The Pirate Queen (German: The Pirate Queen . Bertelsmann Club, Rheda-Wiedenbrück 1995)
  • 1994 The Vizard Mask (German. The secret of the mask . Krüger, Frankfurt / M. 1997)
  • 1996 Shores of Darkness (German. On the Shores of Darkness . Krüger, Frankfurt / M. 1998)
  • 1998 Blood Royal (German commissioned by the king . Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 2001, ISBN 978-3-596-15055-7 )
  • 2005 City of Shadows

Biographies and others

  • 1963 The Stately Ghosts of England
  • 1987 Terrible Beauty: Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868-1927
  • 1970 Road from Singapore

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ theguardian.com
  2. ↑ Although it can be read a lot, according to the information on the company's own website ( memento of the original from September 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) information: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Ariana Franklin the year of birth 1948 and the county of Devon as the region of birth incorrectly reproduced @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arianafranklin.com
  3. ↑ a b c d e under the pseudonym Ariana Franklin
personal data
SURNAME Norman, Diana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Narracott, Mary Diana (maiden name); Franklin, Ariana (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer and biographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2011
Place of death Hertfordshire , England