About Harriet SmartHarriet Smart was born and brought up in Birmingham. She attended the University of St Andrews, specialising in the architecture and applied arts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She also holds an MA in TV screenwriting.Harriet Smart's historical novels, all published by Headline, are: A GARLAND OF VOWS ('an extremely promising first historical novel' The Sunday Times), GREEN GROW THE RUSHES ('Smart's characters have a feel of authentic life and move in and out of a backdrop which cunningly incorporates political change, trade union rebellion, suffragette noise and good food' The Sunday Times), THE DAUGHTERS OF BLANE, THE LARK ASCENDING, and THE WILD GARDEN. She was shortlisted for the The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award in 1992. Harriet is creative director of Anthemion Software, and co-designed Anthemion's acclaimed writing toolkit, Writer's Café. Harriet is married to Dr Julian Smart, technical director of Anthemion Software. Julian is the founder of the wxWidgets project, a construction kit for applications that run on a variety of computer platforms.
About my booksWhen you read a Harriet Smart book, you will go on an emotional, sensual journey through the complex lives of characters you really believe in and care about.Travel to a castle on a Scottish island in the eighteen-nineties, or to the battlefields of the First World War; visit the dark streets of Regency London or vibrant, contemporary Edinburgh. Heart-stopping emotional dilemmas, exciting political drama, the temptations of love - in short, fiction you'll find hard to put down. Find out what happens to Leonora in the Siege of Mafeking. Does Chris Adam achieve her ambition to be a distinguished composer? Does Vivien find happiness when she marries a politician? What can become of Angus, as a soldier in the First World War when he's honest about his unconventional sexuality? Can Jessie, a cook, really find happiness with Scotsman on the make, Sholto Hamilton? Can Alix Erskine survive going on hunger strike for her beliefs? I hope you enjoy exploring the worlds of Harriet Smart, and will remember the characters for years to come!
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