Robin Pilcher was born in Dundee, Scotland on 10th August 1950, the second child of Graham, a director of the family jute business, and the novelist Rosamunde Pilcher. Robin attended school in Dunfermline and Bristol before returning to Scotland to complete his education at the Dundee College of Commerce.
Being described in The Publishing News as ‘having as many career changes as the River Thames has bends’, Robin has worked in his time as a cowboy, an assistant film cameraman, a farmer, a public relations and marketing consultant and a tennis coach. His first book, An Ocean Apart was published in 1999 and sold to 11 countries, as well as reaching the lower echelons of the best-seller lists in the UK and the USA. This was followed in 2002 by Starting Over, which reached #9 in the New York Times Bestseller Lists, and A Risk Worth Taking in February 2004. All three books have been adapted for television.
Robin’s most recent book Starburst, which is set around the annual Edinburgh Festival, came out in September 2008 and has just been published in Germany and Spain.
Robin has been married to Kirsty for 35 years. Their children, Oliver, Alice, Hugo and Florence range in years from 31 to 21, while granddaughters Andalucía and Bianca are 3 and 1 respectively. Robin and Kirsty now divide their time between Scotland and Spain. When he’s not writing, Robin is a keen player of both golf and tennis, and when the mood takes him, he still picks up his guitar every now and again – as long as nobody else is listening!
“Robin Pilcher is popular novelist Rosamunde Pilcher’s oldest son, and living proof that talent does run in families…..with his Scottish sensibility and captivating wordplay, Pilcher is able to craft a fine and fulfilling novel.” (Booklist)
“If An Ocean Apart is any indication of Robin Pilcher’s works, then it is only a matter of time before the author becomes as well-known as his mother.” (Amazon.co.uk.)
“My family was brought up with the feelgood factor, so that’s what I write about. Real people and believable situations. My characters may be criticized by some as being stereotypical, but quite honestly, I take that as a compliment. One can associate with them.” (Robin Pilcher)