The Last Retreat

Marina Palmer is the pseudonym of bestselling British author Imogen Robertson, used for her contemporary solo thriller writing.

Imogen was born and brought up in Darlington and read Russian and German at Cambridge. Before becoming a full-time writer, she directed for TV, film, and radio. She is the author of several novels, including the Crowther and Westerman series and The Paris Winter. She has also co-written novels with Tom Watson (The House), Darby Kealey (Liberation as Imogen Kealey), and Wilbur Smith (King of Kings). Imogen has been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger three times and for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award once. She has also written for Hampton Court Palace, chaired the Historical Writers’ Association, and been mentioned in Private Eye twice.

Palmer is Imogen’s husband’s surname; she is married to the cheesemonger and author Ned Palmer. She chose Marina as a tribute to the Russian Silver Age poet Marina Tsvetaeva. She almost chose Anna, after Anna Akhmatova, but as her mother-in-law’s name is Ann, that began to get confusing. She, her husband, and her multiple identities live in south London.

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