Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, The First Elizabeth, The Last Wife of Henry VIII, and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Tsarina's Daughter won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in Hawaii.
"[Erikson's] scholarly insights combine superbly with a mastery of period manners more often found in the best historical fiction." --Kirkus Reviews on Josephine "Carolly Erikson tells [this story] with all the flair it deserves...Exquisite writing." --Houston Chronicle on Josephine "Carolly Erikson i a most admirable biographer, and this book is highly enjoyable as well as being reliable and acute; indeed, it is popular historical biography at its best." --Christopher Hibbert, London Times, on Mistress Anne "A book of considerable literary disctinction." --Washington Post Book World on Bloody Mary "A masterpiece of narrative, a story so absorbing that it is as hard to put down as a fine novel." --Edmund M. White, Los Angeles Times Book Review on The First Elizabeth "Erikson's fluid, captivating portrait reads like a first-rate historical novel." --Booklist on Great Catherine
"[Erikson's] scholarly insights combine superbly with a mastery of period manners more often found in the best historical fiction." --Kirkus Reviews on Josephine "Carolly Erikson tells [this story] with all the flair it deserves...Exquisite writing." --Houston Chronicle on Josephine "Carolly Erikson i a most admirable biographer, and this book is highly enjoyable as well as being reliable and acute; indeed, it is popular historical biography at its best." --Christopher Hibbert, London Times, on Mistress Anne "A book of considerable literary disctinction." --Washington Post Book World on Bloody Mary "A masterpiece of narrative, a story so absorbing that it is as hard to put down as a fine novel." --Edmund M. White, Los Angeles Times Book Review on The First Elizabeth "Erikson's fluid, captivating portrait reads like a first-rate historical novel." --Booklist on Great Catherine
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