Keira Morgan As a kid Keira was a bookworm. It was then that she discovered the Renaissance as a wonderful place of queens, princesses, and castles. She studied the period at university and realized that life for those same queens and princesses in their castles wasn’t nearly as romantic as she had dreamed, but it was much more fascinating. The clothing, the food, the way people travelled, how they lived, how they brought up their children, what they thought about, and why—all these things intrigued her.

She studied Renaissance history at university and her fascination with the period grew. So, during her career in the Canadian public service, she wrote fiction about the period in her spare time. She then moved to Mexico where she pursues her writing full time. She recently completed The Importance of Wives, her third published novel about Anne of Brittany, in her The Chronicles of the House of Valois series. The Importance of Sons and The Importance of Pawns continue the story of this determined woman who was also twice queen of France.

She is also a member of the France’s Splendid Centuries Writing Cooperative that together writes a weekly Facebook blog about fascinating aspects of French history, culture and people.

She loves reading, swimming, gardening, cooking, travelling, research, and cats as well as writing.

She also writes non-fiction about French Renaissance women at www.keiramorgan.com