
She lives with her husband Graham and their dog Daisy in Perthshire, Scotland. She is now internationally recognized as one of the most-loved storytellers of our time and has gone on to write the celebrated bestselling novels Coming Home and September. Prior to the phenomenal success of The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a novelist and short-story writer, but it was with this novel that she found herself embraced by readers around the globe.

Currently-Invergowrie by Dundee, Scotland, UK.Education-Miss Kerr-Sanders Secretarial College.But it is the fate of this painting that just may tear the family apart. It is this painting that symbolizes to Penelope the ties between the generations. The unifying thread is an oil painting entitled "The Shell Seekers," done by Penelope's father.

The family centers around Penelope, and it is her love, courage, and sense of values that determine the course of all their lives, Deftly shifting back and forth in time, each chapter centers on one of the principal players in the family's history.

Set in London and Cornwall from World War II to present, The Shell Seekers tells the story of the Keeling family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations.
