Marian L ThorpeNot content with two careers as a research scientist and an educator, Marian L Thorpe decided to go back to what she'd always wanted to do and be a writer. Describing her books as 'historical fiction of another world', Marian also has published shortstories and poetry. Her life-long interest in Roman and post-Roman European history informs her novels, while her avocations of landscape archaeology and birding provide background to her settings. Marian lives in a small city in Canada with her husband and (currently) one cat. Read More Read Less