Rosemary Aitken

Rosemary Aitken, born as Rosemary Rowe in Penzance, Cornwall, is an accomplished author with a strong academic background. She was born during World War II and moved to New Zealand with her parents while still a young girl. Aitken received her education in New Zealand, attending Sydney and Wellington Universities, as well as the Auckland Training College. She also holds a diploma in Educational Management from Bristol, LTCL’s in Speech, Drama, and TESOL, and an RSA Diploma in TEFL.

Aitken has had a distinguished career in higher education, spending over two decades teaching and publishing numerous textbooks on communication and the English language. She has authored twelve such textbooks, demonstrating her expertise and dedication to the field. After many years of living and working in Gloucestershire, Aitken returned to her native Cornwall, where she currently resides in the woods near the Fal and Truro. She is a proud mother of two and has four grandchildren in New Zealand and Cambridge shire.

In addition to her academic work, Aitken is well-known for her historical, mystery, and romance novels. She began writing historical fiction with the publication of her first novel, "The Girl from Penvarris," in 1995. This novel was the first in a series set in a fictional Cornish village, showcasing her love for her home county. Under the name Rosemary Rowe, she has also written a series of mysteries set in and around the Roman town of Glevum, or modern-day Gloucester. The detective in these stories, named Libertus, is a pavement-maker with a talent for solving puzzling crimes through his expertise in mosaic patterns.