R. M. Lamming, also known as Roberta Lamming or Bobbie Lamming (born 1948Alphabetical Bibliography: R. M. Lamming
/ref> or 1949) is a British writer. She has also written science fiction short stories under the pseudonym of Robin Douglas.

Life

Lamming was born on the Isle of Man, the daughter of two doctors, Olive Lamming and Bob Lamming. She was educated at Rydal PenrhosRydal Penrhos
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St Anne's College, Oxford St Anne's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a women's college, it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 ...

. Her debut novel ''The Notebook of Gismondo Cavalletti'' won the

David Higham First Novel Award The David Higham Prize for Fiction was inaugurated in 1975 to mark the 80th birthday of David Higham, literary agent, and was awarded annually to a citizen of the Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa for a first novel or bo ...

in 1983. Her other titles include ''As In Eden'' and ''In the Dark''.

Works

* ''

The Notebook of Gismondo Cavalletti ''The Notebook of Gismondo Cavalletti'' is a novel by R. M. Lamming published in 1983. Plot summary ''The Notebook of Gismondo Cavalletti'' is a novel in which historical Florence is explored through the notes of Gismondo. Reception Dave Langford ...

'', 1983 * ''In the dark'', 1985 * ''As in Eden'', 2005

References

1949 births Living people British science fiction writers British women writers {{UK-writer-stub