Samantha Norman is Ariana Franklin's daughter. A successful feature writer, columnist, and film critic, she co-wrote The Siege Winter with her mother, and is completing the Mistress of the Art of Death series based on her mother's ideas. She lives in London.
"Samantha Norman, completes Ariana Franklin's superb Mistress of
the Art of Death medieval mystery series with an appropriate
homage, a story featuring mother-and-daughter sleuths. The forensic
procedures are appropriately grotesque (leeches, anyone?), and the
period settings run to luscious details, like “a perfect pastry
sculpture of the baby Jesus” at a sumptuous Christmas banquet.
Don’t be distracted from Norman’s true theme; namely, the
crushingly limited life choices for women — even the most highborn
women — of this period." — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
“Medieval-mystery writing at its best.”
— New York Daily News
“An exhilarating whodunit and my favorite book of the year.” — Tess
Gerritsen on A Murderous Procession
“An impeccably researched tapestry of murder most foul.” —
Entertainment Weekly on The Serpent’s Tale
“This thoroughly captivating tale was begun by celebrated
historical novelist Franklin, who died before its completion, and
completed seamlessly by her journalist daughter, Norman.” —
Kirkus Reviews on The Siege Winter
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