Ariana franklin death6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() She left school aged 15, but with her keen intelligence and with journalism in her genes – her father had been a Times correspondent – the lack of formal education proved no barrier and by 17 she was back in London, working on a local newspaper in the East End. I'm not complaining, though."īorn Mary Diana Narracott, she grew up first in London and then in Devon, where her mother took her to escape the blitz. I'm more accustomed to being trampled in the rush to get his autograph than being publicised myself. Always modest, Norman confessed her astonishment at its reception, saying: "I'm not used to being feted, being married to a TV presenter, Barry Norman. The first book in the series, Mistress of the Art of Death, was published to critical acclaim in 2007 and won the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award in the UK, as well as prizes in the US and Sweden. The novelist Diana Norman, who has died aged 77, was best known for her historical crime series featuring the 12th-century medical examiner Adelia Aguilar, written under the pen name of Ariana Franklin. ![]()
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