Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain is a distinguished British novelist whose richly imagined, emotionally profound fiction has earned her virtually every major literary prize. Born in 1943, she was educated at the Sorbonne and the University of East Anglia. She was awarded a CBE and a DBE for services to literature. Absolutely and Forever is among her body of work that includes Restoration (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), The Road Home (winner of the Orange Prize), The Gustav Sonata, and Lily. Tremain's fiction ranges across centuries and continents, united by its emotional intelligence, its flawless prose, and its deep compassion for characters caught in the currents of history. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers literary fiction of the highest order — beautifully crafted novels from one of Britain's most distinguished living writers.