Isolde is a lady with an absolute passion for history and writing historical fiction is a wonderful way to share her enthusiasm.

Winning national awards in America and Australia for her debut novel The Maiden and the Unicorn was a tremendous thrill after years when 'Life' just got in the way of writing! Being married to a geologist who was away in the field a great deal meant bringing up her two children always came first.

Isolde has a History Honours degree from the University of Exeter, UK, with a specialisation in Yorkist England, a lifelong interest, and she has worked as a university history tutor, research assistant and archivist.

Her other strength is editing and she was a senior book editor with a major international publishing house before taking up writing fiction full-time.