Rachel Billington

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Lady Rachel Billington (born May 11, 1942) is a British author, the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford (Frank and Elizabeth Pakenham), who were both eminent writers.

She is the sister of Lady Antonia Fraser and Thomas Pakenham, also writers. Her husband is the film director Kevin Billington.

She has published 16 adult novels and 7 children's books since her first novel, All Things Nice, came out in 1969. Her novel A Woman's Age was a bestseller. Other works include Bodily Harm and Loving Attitudes, as well as television plays, screenplays and journalism.

Lady Rachel Billington was formerly the president of English PEN, the writers' organisation, and contributes to Inside Time, the only national newspaper for prisoners which she helped to found in 1990.