Anne Easter Smith

Anne Easter Smith is the award-winning author of six historical novels about the York family during the Wars of the Roses. Historical Novels Review wrote that her books: "?grab you, sweep you along with the story, and make you fall in love with the characters..." Her first five books, including A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, and Royal Mistress, are published by Touchstone Books at Simon & Schuster. The King's Grace won the 2009 Romantic Times Best Historical Biography award, and Queen By Right was nominated in the same category in 2011. A native of England, Anne has lived in various states in the US for fifty years, settling in Newburyport in 2000 with husband, Scott. From her early 20s, Richard III has held a fascination and led to several decades of study of him and his period. This Son of York is the culminating book in her York series, with Richard as protagonist. Before becoming a published author, Anne wore many hats in her life: executive secretary in London, Paris, and New York; PBS auction coordinator and program guide editor, folksinger, tournament tennis player, and features editor at a daily newspaper all in Plattsburgh NY; and as actor and director on community stages in Plattsburgh, NY and Newburyport, MA. She now lives in Venice, FL with her husband, Scott.