Spears, Joann

JoAnn Spears wanted to major in English or History in college. Life stepped in, and she wound up with a Master's Degree in Nursing instead. A twenty-five year nursing career did not extinguish that early interest in books and history-especially Tudor history. It did, however, stoke a decidedly gallows sense of humor. And if any of history's famous families qualifies for gallows humor, it is the Tudors. JoAnn added a little inspiration from the classic "Wizard of Oz" to the mix, and "Six of One," a new kind of Tudor novel, was born. "Six of One" was begun in JoAnn's native New Jersey. It was wr...