Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin grew up in London, with interludes in Manhattan and Brussels. The Times called her debut novel The Mathematics of Love “that rare thing, a book that works on every conceivable level”. It was shortlisted for many awards including the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book, and has been widely translated. Her bestselling second novel, A Secret Alchemy, was described by the Daily Mail as “powerful and utterly convincing”. Emma...
Jenny Barden
Jenny Barden is the author of The Lost Duchess, an Elizabethan adventure about a lady-in-waiting to the queen caught up in the tragedy behind the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. She has also written Mistress of the Sea, a love story within the audacious attack on the Spanish bullion supply that launched the career of Francis Drake. Both books are published by Ebury Press. Jenny is an active member of the HNS, having...
Jessie Burton
Jessie Burton’s first novel is called THE MINIATURIST, and it is set in Amsterdam in 1686. It focuses on two women’s very different journeys to find a slice of freedom in a repressive, judgmental society. There’s a trial, a hidden love, a miniaturist who predicts the fate of her customers, a parakeet called Peebo and a plan to escape to the sea. It is published by Picador in the UK in July 2014, and by Harper Collins in the USA...
Stephanie Renée dos Santos
Stephanie Renée dos Santos is a fiction and freelance writer, poet, and yoga instructor. She leads “Saraswati Writing & Yoga Workshops” in the United States and abroad. She’s published fiction in American Athenaeum and Lalitamba, and writes features for the Historical Novel Society and Historical Novel Review. Currently, she is nearing completion of her first art-related historical novel, Cut From The Earth, a story of Portuguese...
Kate Forsyth
Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling & award-winning author of thirty books, ranging from picture books to poetry to novels for both adults and children. She was recently voted one of Australia’s Favourite 20 Novelists, and is an accredited master storyteller with the Australian Guild of Storytellers. Her historical novels include The Wild Girl, which tells the...
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