Giles Kristian
Jul15

Giles Kristian

Having once been lead singer in a 1990s pop group, Giles Kristian is now a bestselling historical novelist, author of the acclaimed RAVEN Viking trilogy and a series of books about a family torn apart during the Civil War. In his new novel – God of Vengeance – Giles returns to the world of the Vikings to tell of the beginnings of Sigurd and his celebrated fictional fellowship. Giles lives in...

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Ann Weisgarber
Jul15

Ann Weisgarber

 Ann Weisgarber, who lives in Texas, is the author of The Promise and The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. The Promise was shortlisted for the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. In the U. S., it is a Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist and is shortlisted for the Ohioana Book Award. The Personal History of Rachel DuPree was nominated for 2009 Orange Prize and the Orange Award for New Writers. In the U. S., it...

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Harry Sidebottom
Jul15

Harry Sidebottom

Harry Sidebottom was brought up in racing stables in Newmarket where his father was a trainer. He had a basket saddle on a donkey before he could walk. He was educated at various schools and universities, including Oxford, where he took his Doctorate in Ancient History at Corpus Christi College. In similar fashion he has taught at various universities including Oxford, where he is now Fellow and Director of Studies in Ancient History...

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Suzannah Dunn
Jul15

Suzannah Dunn

Launched in 1990 with her debut novel, Darker Days Than Usual, Suzannah Dunn wrote a further 5 critically acclaimed contemporary novels, and a short story collection, published by Flamingo, before writing her first historical novel, The Queen of Subtleties, which was published in 2004. She has since written a further three bestselling historical novels, The Sixth Wife, The Queen’s Sorrow and The Confession of Katherine Howard (a...

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Angus Donald
Jul15

Angus Donald

Angus Donald is the author of the bestselling Outlaw Chronicles, which are set in the 12th/13th centuries and feature a gangster-ish Robin Hood in a meticulously researched medieval setting. He was educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University and has worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a waiter in New York and as an anthropologist studying magic and witchcraft in Indonesia. For the past 25 years, he has been a journalist...

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