Stella Rimington

Stella Rimington is one of the promising authors from the United Kingdom, who has written several well known books based on the mystery and thriller genres. She is also the former Director General of the MI5. Stella held this position between the years 1992 and 1996. Author Stella was in fact the first lady to hold this position at the MI5. She was also the first DG to have gotten her named publicized on her appointment. Author Stella was born on May 13, 1935, in London, England. She was called Stella Whitehouse at the time of her birth. Her family shifted to Essex in the year 1939 in order to avoid the dangers of living in London at the time of the Second World War. When Stella’s father received a job offer as a chief draughtsman in Barrow-in-Furness, the whole family shifted there. Stella joined the Crosslands Convent School. Later, her father got a better job in Derbyshire and therefore, the family had to shift to the Midlands. There, author Stella was enrolled into the Nottingham Girls High School. During most of the summer time of her secondary school, Stella remained in Paris to work as an au pair. In the year 1954, she joined the Edinburgh University and studied English. It was during this time that she came across her future husband named John Rimmington. Author Stella completed her degree in the year 1958 and then went on to study archive administration from the Liverpool University.