Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.
Suzanne Pollak, born in Beirut now living in Charleston, South Carolina, is the co-author of a number of cookery and entertainment books including The Pat Conroy Cookbook and Entertaining for Dummies. She is currently the Development Director of the annual Charleston Literary Festival. It was at this that she met Bernard Cornwell and the idea for this book was born.
