Sonata Selected bibliography Novels Sadler's Birthday (1976), Letter to Sister Benedicta (1978), The Cupboard (1981), Journey to the Volcano (1985), The Swimming Pool Season (1985), Restoration (1989), Sacred Country (1992), The Way I Found Her (1997), Music and Silence (1999), The Colour (2003), The Road Home (2008), Trespass (2010 W.W. Norton), Merivel: A Man of His Time (2012), The Gustav Sonata (2016), Islands of Mercy (2020), Lily: A Tale of Revenge (2021), Collections of short stories The Colonel's Daughter and other stories (1983) The Garden of the Villa Mollini and other stories (1987) Evangelista's Fan and Other Stories (1994) The Darkness of Wallis Simpson and other stories (2006) The American Lover (2014) For children Journey to the Volcano (1985) Memoir Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life (2018) References External links Susanna Rustin, "Costume dramatist", The Guardian, 10 May 2003. Blake Wilson, "Stray Questions for: Rose Tremain" (interview), The New York Times, 15 May 2009. Sian Cain, "Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers", The Guardian,, 22 November 2016. 1943 births Living people People educated at Francis Holland School 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of East Anglia Chancellors of the University of East Anglia Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Costa Book Award winners English women novelists Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients Prix Femina Étranger winners University of Paris alumni Writers from London 21st-century English women writers 20th-century English women writers Writers from Norfolk People from Thorpe St Andrew