Lady Selina Shirley Hastings (born 5 March 1945) is a British journalist, author, and biographer. The elder daughter of Francis, 16th Earl of Huntingdon, by his second marriage to Margaret Lane, Hastings was educated at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, where she took an MA degree.
Books in order of publication:
Nancy Mitford: A Biography – 1985
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady – 1985
Peter and the Wolf – 1987
The Singing Ringing Tree – 1988
A Selection from The Canterbury Tales – 1988
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever – 1988
Reynard, the Fox – 1990
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – 1991
The Children’s Illustrated Bible -1993
The Firebird – 1993
Evelyn Waugh: A Biography – 1994
David & Goliath and Other Bible Stories – 1996
The Miracles Of Jesus: And Other Bible Stories – 1996
Noah’s Ark – 1996
The Birth of Jesus – 1996
Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children – 1997
Rosamond Lehmann: A Life – 2002
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography – 2009
The Red Earl: The Extraordinary Life of the 16th Earl of Huntingdon – 2014