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Santa Montefiore (Santa Palmer-Tomkinson) was born on 2 February, 1970 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, is a British author (born 1970). Discover Santa Montefiore's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

Popular As Santa Palmer-Tomkinson
Occupation Author
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 2 February 1970
Birthday 2 February
Birthplace Winchester, Hampshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Santa Montefiore's Husband?

Her husband is Simon Sebag Montefiore

Family
Parents Charles and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson
Husband Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Children 2

Santa Montefiore Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Santa Montefiore worth at the age of 54 years old? Santa Montefiore’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Santa Montefiore's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1970

Santa Montefiore (Palmer-Tomkinson; born 2 February 1970) is a British author.

Santa Montefiore was born Santa Palmer-Tomkinson on 2 February 1970 in Winchester.

Her parents are Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, formerly High Sheriff of Hampshire, and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson (née Dawson), of Anglo-Argentine background.

Her father, and other members of her family, represented Great Britain in skiing at Olympic level.

The Palmer-Tomkinson family are substantial land-owners in Hampshire and Leicestershire.

Her sister, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, was known as a socialite and charity patron.

Santa Montefiore said that growing up on the family farm gave her an "idyllic Swallows and Amazons childhood".

She also describes her upbringing as "sheltered, Sloaney".

She was educated at the Hanford School from the age of eight to twelve.

She then attended Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset, where, in the sixth form, she became Head of her house (a role of responsibility similar to a prefect) and later Vice Head of School.

She studied Spanish and Italian at Exeter University.

Prior to publishing any novels, she worked in London, first in public relations for the outfitters Swaine Adeney and later for the jeweller Theo Fennell.

She also worked as a shop assistant in Farmacia Santa Maria Novella, the perfumery, and in events for Ralph Lauren.

She sent her first manuscript to several literary agents, using a pen name in order to distance herself from her sister.

Only one agent, Jo Frank of A P Watt, expressed an interest, but this led to a bidding war between several publishers, with Hodder & Stoughton giving her a six-figure advance.

1989

Four of her books are set in Argentina, where she spent 1989 as a gap year teaching English.

Her books have been characterised as "beach-read blockbusters", selling over six million copies in 25 translations.

She counts as her literary influences The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; House of Mirth by Edith Wharton; Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Mary Wesley, Eckhart Tolle, and Daphne Du Maurier.

Isabel Allende is important to her too.

She has co-written with her husband a series of children's books called The Royal Rabbits of London, which is published by Simon & Schuster.

20th Century Fox have bought the movie rights and are in the early stages of adapting the series for the big screen.

Montefiore is married to the writer and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.

They were brought together by the historian Andrew Roberts, who thought "they would be absolutely perfect for each other because they were the only two people he knew who could remember the words to Evita off by heart".

She says of their marriage:

"Sebag and I do bring out the best in each other. I wouldn’t have written if not for him and he might not have written books either, as he was a ladies' man, always chasing girls, but now his home life is stable and sorted. We write in the same house, in separate offices and he helps me with plots. I think you have to be a team. Laughter is everything. Mr Darcy would have been so boring to live with – you don’t want to live with someone who is smouldering all the time."

The couple are friends with King Charles III and Queen Camilla, who attended their wedding.

Santa Montefiore is a friend of Tiggy Legge-Bourke and of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.

She converted to Judaism before the marriage.

The wedding was held at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood, London, with which her husband's family has been associated for generations.

The Montefiores have two children, Lily and Sasha.

2001

Montefiore has published at least one novel a year since 2001.