Pamela Holmes

Pamela Holmes was born in Charleston, South Carolina. At the age of eight, she moved with her family to England. She studied nursing at London University after three years living on a Somerset commune where she developed a love of gardening, milking cows and laying hedges.

She became a journalist and on-screen reporter before turning to campaigning for the rights of older people.

She won the Chawton House Library Jane Austen Short Story Award in 2014. The Huntingfield Paintress (2016) was her first novel, followed by Wyld Dreamers (2018). 

Pamela is the mother of two boys and lives in London with her husband. She is also the singer in a rock band.