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Revelations – A Novel by Mary Sharratt
A fifteenth-century Eat, Pray, Love, REVELATIONS illuminates the intersecting lives of two female mystics who changed history—Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich.
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Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen
Now available in paperback, ILLUMINATIONS: A NOVEL OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN reveals the unforgettable story of how Hildegard, offered as a tithe to the Church at the age of eight, triumphed against impossible odds to become the greatest woman of her age.
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Ecstasy: A Novel of Alma Mahler
In the glittering hotbed of turn-of-the-twentieth century Vienna, one woman’s life would define and defy an era. Part cautionary tale, part triumph of the feminist spirit, ECSTASY reveals the true Alma Mahler: composer, daughter, sister, mother, wife, lover, and muse.
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The Dark Lady’s Mask: A Novel of Aemilia Bassano Lanier
Shakespeare in Love meets Shakespeare’s Sister in this novel of England’s first professional woman poet and her collaboration and love affair with William Shakespeare.
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ABOUT MARY
Born in Minnesota, Mary now lives with her Belgian husband in Portugal, near the beautiful medieval town of Obidos.
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ABOUT MARY
Author Mary Sharratt is on a mission to write women back into history. Originally from Minnesota, Mary now lives in Portugal, near the beautiful medieval town of Obidos on the Silver Coast.
Her latest novel REVELATIONS, which will be published in April 2021, is drawn from the colorful life of Margery Kempe, 15th century mystic, intrepid world traveler, and author of the first autobiography in the English language.
Her 2018 novel ECSTASY , drawn from the dramatic life of composer and life artist Alma Schindler Mahler, has been praised by NPR as “historical fiction at its best.”
Mary’s explorations into the hidden histories of Renaissance women compelled her to write THE DARK LADY’S MASK , based on the story of the ground-breaking poet, Aemilia Bassano Lanier.
Mary lived for eighteen years in the Pendle region of Lancashire, England, the setting for her acclaimed novel, DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHING HILL, which recasts the Pendle Witches of 1612 in their historical context as cunning folk and healers.
Previously she lived in Germany. This, along with her interest in sacred music and herbal medicine, inspired her to write her award-winning ILLUMINATIONS: A NOVEL OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, which explores the life of the 12th century Benedictine abbess, composer, polymath, and powerfrau.
Winner of the 2013 Nautilus Gold Award, the 2005 WILLA Literary Award, and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist, Mary has also written the novels SUMMIT AVENUE, THE REAL MINERVA, THE VANISHING POINT, and co-edited the subversive fiction anthology BITCH LIT, which celebrates female anti-heroes–strong women who break all the rules. Her short fiction has been published in Twin Cities Noir and elsewhere.
Mary’s articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, Enchanted Living, Lit Hub, Minnesota Magazine, and Historical Novels Review. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually riding her spirited Welsh mare.
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Fairy Tales for Women: Writing Exercise
By Mary Sharratt
Through a Dark Forest: On Fairy Tales as Women’s Stories and on Writing Summit Avenue
By Mary Sharratt
Summit Avenue Author Uses Fairy Tales to Break Through Clichés
By Mary Ann Grossman
Moments of Enchantment (at strangehorizons.com)
By Christopher Cobb
ABOUT MARY
Author Mary Sharratt is on a mission to write women back into history. Originally from Minnesota, Mary now lives in Portugal, near the beautiful medieval town of Obidos on the Silver Coast.
Her latest novel REVELATIONS, which will be published in April 2021, is drawn from the colorful life of Margery Kempe, 15th century mystic, intrepid world traveler, and author of the first autobiography in the English language.
Her 2018 novel ECSTASY , drawn from the dramatic life of composer and life artist Alma Schindler Mahler, has been praised by NPR as “historical fiction at its best.”
Mary’s explorations into the hidden histories of Renaissance women compelled her to write THE DARK LADY’S MASK , based on the story of the ground-breaking poet, Aemilia Bassano Lanier.
Mary lived for eighteen years in the Pendle region of Lancashire, England, the setting for her acclaimed novel, DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHING HILL, which recasts the Pendle Witches of 1612 in their historical context as cunning folk and healers.
Previously she lived in Germany. This, along with her interest in sacred music and herbal medicine, inspired her to write her award-winning ILLUMINATIONS: A NOVEL OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, which explores the life of the 12th century Benedictine abbess, composer, polymath, and powerfrau.
Winner of the 2013 Nautilus Gold Award, the 2005 WILLA Literary Award, and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist, Mary has also written the novels SUMMIT AVENUE, THE REAL MINERVA, THE VANISHING POINT, and co-edited the subversive fiction anthology BITCH LIT, which celebrates female anti-heroes–strong women who break all the rules. Her short fiction has been published in Twin Cities Noir and elsewhere.
Mary’s articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, Enchanted Living, Lit Hub, Minnesota Magazine, and Historical Novels Review. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually riding her spirited Welsh mare.
More:
Fairy Tales for Women: Writing Exercise
By Mary Sharratt
Through a Dark Forest: On Fairy Tales as Women’s Stories and on Writing Summit Avenue
By Mary Sharratt
Summit Avenue Author Uses Fairy Tales to Break Through Clichés
By Mary Ann Grossman
Moments of Enchantment (at strangehorizons.com)
By Christopher Cobb
ABOUT MARY
Author Mary Sharratt is on a mission to write women back into history. Originally from Minnesota, Mary now lives in Portugal, near the beautiful medieval town of Obidos on the Silver Coast.
Her latest novel REVELATIONS, which will be published in April 2021, is drawn from the colorful life of Margery Kempe, 15th century mystic, intrepid world traveler, and author of the first autobiography in the English language.
Her 2018 novel ECSTASY , drawn from the dramatic life of composer and life artist Alma Schindler Mahler, has been praised by NPR as “historical fiction at its best.”
Mary’s explorations into the hidden histories of Renaissance women compelled her to write THE DARK LADY’S MASK , based on the story of the ground-breaking poet, Aemilia Bassano Lanier.
Mary lived for eighteen years in the Pendle region of Lancashire, England, the setting for her acclaimed novel, DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHING HILL, which recasts the Pendle Witches of 1612 in their historical context as cunning folk and healers.
Previously she lived in Germany. This, along with her interest in sacred music and herbal medicine, inspired her to write her award-winning ILLUMINATIONS: A NOVEL OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, which explores the life of the 12th century Benedictine abbess, composer, polymath, and powerfrau.
Winner of the 2013 Nautilus Gold Award, the 2005 WILLA Literary Award, and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist, Mary has also written the novels SUMMIT AVENUE, THE REAL MINERVA, THE VANISHING POINT, and co-edited the subversive fiction anthology BITCH LIT, which celebrates female anti-heroes–strong women who break all the rules. Her short fiction has been published in Twin Cities Noir and elsewhere.
Mary’s articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, Enchanted Living, Lit Hub, Minnesota Magazine, and Historical Novels Review. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually riding her spirited Welsh mare.
More:
Fairy Tales for Women: Writing Exercise
By Mary Sharratt
Through a Dark Forest: On Fairy Tales as Women’s Stories and on Writing Summit Avenue
By Mary Sharratt
Summit Avenue Author Uses Fairy Tales to Break Through Clichés
By Mary Ann Grossman
Moments of Enchantment (at strangehorizons.com)
By Christopher Cobb