ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MANDA SCOTT is a veterinary surgeon, writer, and climber, not necessarily in that order. Born and educated in Scotland, she now lives in Shropshire. Known originally as a crime writer, her first novel, Hen’s Teeth, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her subsequent crime novels are Night Mares, Stronger than Death, and No Good Deed, which was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel. Her three previous novels in the Boudica quartet, Dreaming the Eagle, Dreaming the Bull, and Dreaming the Hound, are available in paperback from Dell. She is at work on a new novel, The Crystal Skull, which Delacorte Press will publish in 2008.