Helliwell, Michelle

I was born and raised in Nova Scotia, where I still live with my husband and two sons. I'm now grown up enough to admit that when I started my undergraduate degree in Medieval History, I was pretty darned sure the past was going to be just like the fantasy novels I loved to read. So much for that. Having got over that disappointment, I simply turned my attention to mythic stories, fairy tales and Jane Austen. After some encouraging words from my grade 10 English teacher (who I might have had a teeny crush on because he had an English accent and looked a bit like Sting) I started writing my fir...