Frances Osborne is the author of two biographies and is working on Park Lane , the first of two historical novels for her UK publishers, Virago.

Her latest book is The Bolter: Idina Sackville – the woman who scandalised 1920’s society and became White Mischief’s infamous seductress published by Virago in the UK in May 2008, and published in the US by Knopf in June 2009, and Vintage paperback in May 2010.

In the US it has become a National Bestseller. It has also been listed as an O, OPRAH MAGAZINE TERRIFIC READ OF 2009, and was the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE’s Best Book of the Year.

In the UK, The Bolter was been selected for the Richard and Judy Bookclub, shortlisted for the Best Read in Britain prize, and has held the Number One position in several paperback non-fiction lists, including The Sunday Times, where it was in the Top Ten for almost three months.

She lives between London and the Peak District National Park, with her husband and two children.

Interviews

Allison Pearson on The Bolter

"Most families have a skeleton or two in their closet. Few, however, can have jumped out in quite such shocking style as Frances Osborne's great grandmother..." - click here to see the full article

Bookseller Interview by Benedicte Page

"Most families have black sheep of one kind or another, and Frances Osborne's is no exception." - click here to see the full article