Sharon MaasI've been in love with stories from the time I first learned language. Older relatives tell me that even as a small child, my nose was always in a book, and as I grew up, the library was my favourite place in the whole world. But I also had stories iside of me, and for as long as I can remember I've been creating characters and plots in my head -- to the disappointment of my teachers, most of whom labelled me a hopeless dreamer. Yes, hopeless was the word: I never had the slightest hope that I could actually give form to stories, actually write books that others might enjoy... until I finally sat down at a typewriter and tried. It took a lot of trial and error, but at last, in 1999, Of Marriageable Age, was published by HarperCollins. I've now sixteen published novels. My books span continents, cultures, and eras: from the sugar plantations of colonial British Guiana in South America, to the French battlefields of World War Two, to the present-day brothels of Mumbai and the rice-fields and villages of South India, I've ventured far and wide in content, both in time and place. My books are a reflection of my own life: from growing up free and happy in the garden city of Georgetown, British Guiana; to backpacking through South America and to India; then a more sedate life as a German Hausfrau. My books reflect these changes. I write to explore and understand the human condition, and that's what these books are inevitably about. You'll find darkness in my books, but inevitably, there is light, because I believe that ultimately light is what we long for and light is our ultimate goal; I know it is mine. All my books are a reflection of my own life's journey, my own struggles and grasping for the light of understanding. I invite you along for the ride. Are you an armchair traveller? Then step on board! Read More Read Less