05-26-2010, 07:06 PM
She inherited her intellect and love of nature from both sides of the family. Jill's many watercolors depict Caribbean landscapes, revealing a hardworking but serene lifestyle. They retail internationally both as paintings and on note cards as well as illustrations to her historical booklets. Her period novels sell throughout the world and have been translated into many languages.
Jill Tattersall has very distinct talents. Few women sailed to the Caribbean in the early 1960's with a young family and a physician husband. Ralph O'Neal, the present Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, was on hand to record this event with his camera. The photo, a favorite of Jill's and all that see it, shows a young family under a palm tree as if they had not a care in the world.
Actually, the contrary is true. Jill is a woman who cares about many of the concerns of modern life. Born in Cornwall, she grew up on an apple orchard in Essex. Her father had been Governor of Bihar and Orissa, pre World War II, and an admirer of Gandhi. He was responsible for bringing rain to arid areas in India through the implementation of forest planting. Later his English farm was used as a prototype for the School of Agriculture at Oxford University.
The home in which Jill spent her childhood was built in 1605. There was a secret room, a popular feature in houses of that day, which fostered Jill's imagination and literary talents. When not in school, Jill would spend her time writing and illustrating (she wrote her first book at eight) and is now the author of more than fourteen successful historical novels and an elected "Daughter of Mark Twain" - a prestigious award for native story tellers.
Jill Tattersall has very distinct talents. Few women sailed to the Caribbean in the early 1960's with a young family and a physician husband. Ralph O'Neal, the present Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, was on hand to record this event with his camera. The photo, a favorite of Jill's and all that see it, shows a young family under a palm tree as if they had not a care in the world.
Actually, the contrary is true. Jill is a woman who cares about many of the concerns of modern life. Born in Cornwall, she grew up on an apple orchard in Essex. Her father had been Governor of Bihar and Orissa, pre World War II, and an admirer of Gandhi. He was responsible for bringing rain to arid areas in India through the implementation of forest planting. Later his English farm was used as a prototype for the School of Agriculture at Oxford University.
The home in which Jill spent her childhood was built in 1605. There was a secret room, a popular feature in houses of that day, which fostered Jill's imagination and literary talents. When not in school, Jill would spend her time writing and illustrating (she wrote her first book at eight) and is now the author of more than fourteen successful historical novels and an elected "Daughter of Mark Twain" - a prestigious award for native story tellers.