Matilda Emily Mary "Tilly" Bagshawe (born 12 June 1973) is a British freelance journalist and author. She is best known for her books in the vein of best-selling American author

Sidney Sheldon Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer ...

, notably '' Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game'' and '' Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness''.

Life and work

Born on 12 June 1973 in Lambeth Hospital, London, Bagshawe is one of three daughters born to Nicholas Wilfrid Bagshawe and his wife, Daphne Margaret (née Triggs). Her father is from the Bagshawe family of Roman Catholic gentry. They originally hailed from Wormhill Hall, near

Buxton, Derbyshire Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.

, and Oakes-in-Norton, near

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. Her great-grandfather was the marine artist

Joseph Ridgard Bagshawe Joseph John Ridgard Bagshawe (1 July 18701 November 1909) was an English marine painter and member of the Staithes group. He was the grandson of the painter Clarkson Stanfield. Early life Born in London, he came from the prominent Catholic Ba ...

, who was himself grandson of one of the 19th century's most renowned marine artists,

Clarkson Stanfield Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (3 December 179318 May 1867) was a prominent English painter (often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield) who was best known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. ...

, and a nephew of

Edward Gilpin Bagshawe Edward Gilpin Bagshawe (12 January 1829 – 6 February 1915) was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham. Life Bagshawe was born in London, 12 January 1829, the son of Henry Ridgard Bagshawe, a Judge of County Courts in Wales, and a con ...

, Catholic Bishop of Nottingham. Her paternal grandmother, Mary Frideswide, was the daughter of Charles Robertson, a stockbroker and benefactor of St Philip's Priory,

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and one of the co-founders of

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. Her older sister is

Louise Mensch Louise Daphne Mensch ('' née'' Bagshawe; born 28 June 1971) is a British blogger, novelist, and former Conservative Member of Parliament. In the 1990s she became known as a writer of chick lit novels under her maiden name Louise Bagshawe. She ...

, a

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author and former Conservative Member of Parliament. She has another sister Alice and a brother, James. She was educated at

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, Surrey, and while there, she became pregnant. At seventeen, she was a single mother of a daughter, Persephone (Sefi), but she finished her studies and at the age of eighteen, she went up to

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with her ten-month-old daughter in tow. Married to Robin Nydes, a US businessman, she lives between homes in London and Los Angeles, with three children. Now a freelance journalist and novelist, Bagshawe is a regular contributor to ''

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'', ''

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'' and other British publications.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Adored'' (2005/Jul) (). * ''Showdown'' (2006). * ''Do Not Disturb'' (2008). * ''Flawless'' (2009). * ''Scandalous'' (2010). * ''Fame'' (2011) * ''Temptation'' (2012) * ''The Inheritance'' (2014) * ''The Show'' (2015) * ''The Bachelor'' (2016) * ''Friends and Rivals''

Sidney Sheldon series

* '' Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game'' (2009/Aug). * '' Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness'' (2010/Jun). * ''Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark'' (2012) * ''

Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory ''Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory'' is a 2013 thriller written by Tilly Bagshawe. Sheldon's family commissioned Bagshawe to write the novel in Sheldon's style. Plot summary The Tides of Memory is a thriller that tells the story of Alexia De V ...

'' (2013) * ''Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow '' (2014/Sep) * ''Sidney Sheldon's Reckless '' (2015) *''Sidney Sheldon's The Silent Widow'' (2018) *''Sidney Sheldon's The Phoenix'' (2019)

M. B. Shaw novels

* ''Murder at the Mill'' (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagshawe, Tilly 1973 births Living people 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women writers English journalists English Roman Catholics English women novelists Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge People educated at Woldingham School English women non-fiction writers