1. Lady Rachel Mary Billington is a British author, the third daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford; both parents were writers, as was her aunt, Christine Longford.
10 Facts About Rachel Billington
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Rachel Billington has published twenty-one novels for adults, including the bestsellers A Woman's Age and Bodily Harm.
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Rachel Billington has written six children's novels, six religious books for children and three non-fiction books, including The Great Umbilical, about mothers and daughters.
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Rachel Billington has written plays for BBC Television's Play for Today series, and several radio plays, and has contributed to film scripts including The Light at the Edge of the World.
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Rachel Billington has written and continues to write journalism for newspapers in both the UK and the US, including a three-year stint as columnist for The Sunday Telegraph.
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Rachel Billington was President of English PEN, the writers' organisation, from 1998 to 2001 and is Honorary Vice-President.
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Rachel Billington is a trustee of the Longford Trust, which was founded in memory of her father, Lord Longford.
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Rachel Billington was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for her services to literature.
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Rachel Billington was married to the film, theatre and television director Kevin Rachel Billington.
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Rachel Billington's cousin is former Labour Deputy Leader Harriet Harman.