Raffaella was born 24 November 1964 and was brought up in
Itteringham in
Norfolk. After attending
Norwich High School for Girls, Raffaella left Norfolk for London where she moved through life modelling, film-editing and journalism before she began writing novels. To date, she has written nine novels, including one for young adults (see "Publications"). She has also written short stories for the radio, worked at
Harpers & Queen magazine, as a columnist for
Country Life and has been a regular contributor to
The Sunday Times,
Sunday Telegraph,
Harpers Bazaar and
The Spectator. She also teaches on the English Literature and Creative Writing BA at the
University of East Anglia and the Guardian Novel Writing Masterclass. ==Publications==