Brenda Lacey is an early writing name of Rosemary Aitken. Under that pseudonym she has published many short stories and two light romantic novels set in the mediterranean. Under he...view moreBrenda Lacey is an early writing name of Rosemary Aitken. Under that pseudonym she has published many short stories and two light romantic novels set in the mediterranean. Under her own name she has written a series of Cornish Historical novels, some of which have been book club choices, and as Rosemary Rowe (her maiden name) she is author of the Libertus Mysteries of Roman Britain. Rosemary was born in Cornwall, raised and educated largely in New Zealand, where she still has a house and family and where she taught for several years, before returning to the UK and a post in teacher Training, which she occupied until her retirement in 1987 following an industrial accident. Since then she has devoted herself chiefly to writing, although she has also examined extensively for Trinity College London, both in ESOL/TESOL (in which field she is the author of several well-known books) and also in Speech, Drama and Communication. Rosemary has two adult children, both University lecturers, and five grandchildren. She recently retired to her native Cornwall where she lives in a wooded valley near the Fal River.view less