About the Author

Pamela is an award-winning author for adults and children. She has a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. Under the name Pamela Freeman she wrote the historical novel THE BLACK DRESS, which won the NSW Premier's History Prize for 2006. Pamela is also well known for her fantasy novels for adults, published by Orbit worldwide, the Castings Trilogy, and her Aurealis Award-winning novel EMBER AND ASH. Pamela lives in Sydney with her husband and their son, and teaches at the Australian Writers' Centre. Pamela's previous novels are THE SOLDIER'S WIFE, THE WAR BRIDE, A LETTER FROM ITALY and THE DESERT NURSE.

Reviews

I stayed up late to finish The Desert Nurse. A gorgeous and beautifully written story of love and war set in Egypt in the First World War. It made me cry. I loved it - KATE FORSYTH on THE DESERT NURSEThis book is heart-wrenching proof that all's NOT fair in love and war, especially for a lone woman in a man's world - Valerie Parv on A LETTER FROM ITALYA Letter from Italy cements Pamela Hart as a go-to author when I want a love story to remember - Ausrom TodayRebecca ... will soon find out that love can be just as dangerous as any battlefield - Yours Magazine on A LETTER FROM ITALYMagnificent treatment of women's issues such as gender equality, relationship expectations and dealing with career - Steve Shipley, Manviews, on A LETTER FROM ITALYEvokes WW1 Sydney to the point where the reader can almost feel the salty wind blowing off the harbour as the troops are shipped out through the Heads - Books+Publishing on THE SOLDIER'S WIFEPamela Hart makes the details of daily life shimmer and pierces our hearts with a love story that carries the weight of sacrifice - iBooks on THE SOLDIER'S WIFEDeeply insightful into the lives of the women left behind in Sydney. We fell in love with the headstrong heroine Ruby - Better Reading on THE SOLDIER'S WIFE