Santa Montefiore
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Santa Montefiore (born Palmer-Tomkinson, 1970) is a British author.
Early life
Santa Montefiore was born in Winchester on February 2nd, 1970. Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, formerly High Sheriff of Hampshire, and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson (née Dawson), both of Anglo-Argentine origins, are her parents. Her father and several others of her family competed for the United Kingdom in skiing at the Olympic level. The Palmer-Tomkinson family and others are major landowners in Hampshire and Leicestershire.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's sister, who was known as a "socialite" and a charity patron.
Growing up on the family farm gave her a "idyllic Swallows and Amazons childhood," Santa Montefiore said. She also referred to her upbringing as "sheltered, Sloaney." She attended Hanford School from the age of eight to twelve. Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset continued her education as she became Head of her household (a position of responsibilities similar to a prefect) and later Vice Head of School. At Exeter University, she studied Spanish and Italian.
Personal life
Montefiore is married to writer and scholar Simon Sebag Montefiore. They were brought together by historian Andrew Roberts, who thought "they'd be absolutely fine for each other because they were the only two people he knew who knew how to Evita off by heart."She says of their marriage:
The two people are friends with King Charles III and Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom, who attended their wedding. Santa Montefiore is a friend of Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
Before the marriage, she converted to Judaism. The wedding took place at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood, London, with which her husband's family has been linked for generations.
Lily and Sasha are two children of the Montefiores.
Career
She worked in London before writing any books, first in public relations for outfitters Swaine Adeney and then for jeweller Theo Fennell. She has worked as a shop assistant in Farmacia Santa Novella, the perfumery, and in Ralph Lauren's events.
She sent her first book to several literary agents, using a pen name in order to distance herself from her sister. Jo Frank of A P Watt expressed an interest in this, but Hodder & Stoughton sponsored her to a bidding war, with Hodder & Stoughton giving her a six-figure advance. Since 2001, Montefiore has published at least one book. Four of her books are set in Argentina, where she spent 1989 as a gap year teaching English. Her books have been dubbed "beach-read blockbusters" and have sold over six million copies in 25 translations.
She counts as her literary influence. Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; House of Mirth by Edith Wharton; Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Eckhart Tolle, and Daphne du Maurier; Isabel Allende is just as important to her as she is.
The Royal Rabbits of London, a series of children's books published by Simon & Schuster, has co-written with her husband. 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights and is in the early stages of adapting the film for the big screen.