James Heneage
James Heneage has been fascinated by history from an early age, in particular the rise and fall of empires. He was the founder of the Ottakar’s chain of bookshops which, between 1987 and 2006 grew to 150 branches before being bought by Waterstones. James spent these twenty years reading and researching historical subjects before settling on the end of the Byzantine Empire as the period he wanted to write about. After Ottakar’s, he...
Margaret George
MARGARET GEORGE specializes in biographical novels of epic personalities. She has written about Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, Cleopatra, Mary Magdalene, Helen of Troy and Elizabeth Tudor. She is currently at work on a novel about the Emperor Nero. All these have been New York Times bestsellers, and have been translated into twenty-one languages. The Cleopatra novel was made into an Emmy-nominated ABC-TV miniseries in 1999. She has...
Jean Fullerton
Jean was born in East End of London and grew up a short walk from the London Docks in Wapping and Whitechapel. She is a qualified district nurse and started writing thirteen years ago to relieve work-place stress. Jean was born in East End of London and grew up a short walk from the London Docks in Wapping and Whitechapel. She is also a qualified district nurse. In 2006 Jean won the Harry Bowling prize, which secured her a two-book...
Elizabeth Fremantle
Elizabeth Fremantle is the author of two Tudor court novels published by Penguin: Queen’s Gambit tells the story of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr, and Sisters of Treason shines a light on the lives of Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, the younger sisters of the tragic Lady Jane. She holds a BA in English and an MA in creative Writing from Birkbeck and has contributed to various publications including Vogue, Elle,...
Essie Fox
Essie Fox lives in Windsor, and Bow in East London. She has worked on the editorial side of magazine and book publishing, as a commercial designer – and now she is a full time writer, creating dark Victorian novels published by Orion Books. The Somnambulist, her debut, was shortlisted for the 2012 National Book Awards, and also featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club. Elijah’s Mermaid achieved excellent critical reviews. And now, The...
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