About the Author

Following a first degree in English and History, Carol McGrath completed an MA in Creative Writing from The Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast, followed by an MPhil in English from University of London. The Handfasted Wife was shortlisted for the Romantic novel of the Year. The Woman in the Shadows, a best-selling historical novel about Elizabeth Cromwell, wife of Henry VIII's statesman Thomas Cromwell, was republished by Headline in 2020. She is writes Historical non-fiction and fiction. Find Carol on her web-site www.carolcmcgrath.co.uk.