Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia, and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history,Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo, until 2000.
Sara's first novel, BattleAxe, was published in 1995 and she wrote a further 19 books of epic and historical fantasy fiction, a collection of short stories, and two books of non-fiction. Three of her novels won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy and many were shortlisted. Sara shifted to Hobart, Tasmania, in 2005 and lived there writing full-time and restoring her beautiful old house and garden, until her death in September 2011.
Sara's last book, The Devil's Diadem, has just been nominated for a Norma K Hemming Award and is now out in paperback.
About The Devil's Diadem:
A foolish monk stole the Devil's favourite diadem and the Devil wants it back. It is mid-twelfth century Europe and Maeb Langtofte joins an aristocratic household to attend Adelie, the wife of the Earl of Pengraic. The earl is a powerful Lord of the Marches, the dark Welsh borderlands. Then a plague that has swept Europe overtakes England and as life descends into chaos and civil disorder, Maeb is about to discover that the horrors she survived at Pengraic Castle were but a prelude to the terrifying maelstrom which now envelops her and all of her countryfolk.
One of the great joys of fiction for me is reading about food. I love the feasts Brian Jacques meticulously describes for his mice. When my nieces were young I went through Jacques and put recipes to a dozen of his dishes and we ate them and enjoyed them. His food is delightful because it’s [...]
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