Mary Sharratt
<P>MARY SHARRATT, the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, is on a mission to write strong women back into history. Her novels include <em>Daughters of the Witching Hill</em>, the Nautilus Award–winning <em>Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen,</em><em>The Dark Lady’s Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare’s Muse,</em> and <em>Ecstasy,</em> about the life, loves, and music of Alma Mahler. She is an American who lives in Lancashire, England.<BR />  </P>