# Frances Edmonds

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{{short description|British writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox writer
| name             = Frances Eileen Edmonds
| occupation       = Writer
| education        = 
| alma_mater       = New Hall, Cambridge
| period           = 
| genre            = Travel writing, sports writing
| subject          = Cricket, travel
| movement         = 
| notable_works    = Another Bloody Tour: England in the West Indies<br>Cricket XXXX Cricket
| spouse           = Phil Edmonds
| partner          = 
| children         = 1 
| relatives        = Kieran Moriarty (brother)
}}
'''Frances Eileen Edmonds''' is a British writer known for her books ''Another Bloody Tour: England in the West Indies'' (1986) and ''Cricket XXXX Cricket'' (1987), which detail her experiences touring with her husband, former England cricketer [Phil Edmonds](/source/Phil_Edmonds).<ref name="Rayner">{{cite web|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9379857/Former-England-cricketer-Phil-Edmonds-colluded-with-solicitor-to-deprive-rival-of-mining-shares-court-told.html |title=Former England cricketer Phil Edmonds 'colluded with solicitor to deprive rival of mining shares', court told |first=Gordon |last=Rayner |date=6 July 2012}}</ref>

She appeared as a castaway on the [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) programme ''[Desert Island Discs](/source/Desert_Island_Discs)'' on 9 August 1987, in conversation with [Michael Parkinson](/source/Michael_Parkinson).<ref name="DID">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mlh3 |title= Castaway: Frances Edmonds |work=[Desert Island Discs](/source/Desert_Island_Discs) |publisher=[BBC Online](/source/BBC_Online)|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref>

== Education ==

Edmonds matriculated at [New Hall, Cambridge](/source/New_Hall%2C_Cambridge), in 1970 and graduated with a master's degree in Modern and Medieval Languages.

She is a fellow at the [Distinguished Careers Institute](/source/Distinguished_Careers_Institute), [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University).<ref name="Cocoa1912">{{cite web |url=https://dci.stanford.edu/frances-edmonds/ |title= Frances Edmonds |work=Distinguished Careers Institute |publisher=[Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University)|accessdate=21 May 2019}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Edmonds has two younger brothers, both of whom are [ophthalmologists](/source/ophthalmologists). Her older brother is the physician [Kieran Moriarty](/source/Kieran_Moriarty) [CBE](/source/CBE), FRCP, FRCPI.

Edmonds married the former England cricketer [Phil Edmonds](/source/Phil_Edmonds) towards the end of 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=XuMbZjdxJRW5BYSTM2tm8A&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=24 August 2020|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> They have a daughter. <ref name="Rayner" />

== Bibliography ==

*{{cite book |last=Edmonds |first=Frances |author-mask=2 |title=Another Bloody Tour: England in the West Indies, 1986 |year=1986 |publisher=The Kingswood Press |isbn=978-0434980932 }} (with the [English cricket team in the West Indies in 1985–86](/source/English_cricket_team_in_the_West_Indies_in_1985%E2%80%9386))
*{{cite book |last=Edmonds |first=Frances |author-mask=2 |title=Cricket XXXX Cricket |year=1987 |publisher=The Kingswood Press |isbn=978-0434981137 }}
*{{cite book |last=Edmonds|first=Frances |author-mask=2|title=Members only|year=1989 |publisher=William Heinemann Ltd |isbn=0434221848 }}

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.francesedmonds.co.uk/}}

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