Rebecca GableRebecca Gable is a bestselling author of historical fiction and crime novels in Germany. She was shortlisted for the Freidrich Glauser Crime prize and served as the director of the crime writers’ syndicate for three years. Since her first historical ovel, The Smile of Fortune, was published in 1997 she has worked consistently writing medieval historical fiction. In 2006 she won the Sir Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for her novel The Guardians of the Rose. She lives in the German countryside with her family, and she likes to read, travel, and play music. Translator Lee Chadeayne is a former classical musician, college professor, and owner of a language translation company in Massachusetts. He was one of the charter members of the American Literary Translators Association and has been an active member of the American Translators Association since 1970. His translated works to date are primarily in the areas of music, art, language, history and general literature. Most recently this includes the bestselling The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch and The Copper Sign by Katja Fox, a medieval adventure in 12th-century England and France, as well as numerous short stories. Read More Read Less