Launched in 1990 with her debut novel, Darker Days Than Usual, Suzannah Dunn wrote a further five critically acclaimed contemporary novels, and a short story collection, published by Flamingo, before writing her first historical novel, The Queen of Subtleties, which was published in 2004. She went on to write The Sixth Wife, The Queen's Sorrow, The Confession of Katherine Howard (a Richard & Judy pick in 2011), The May Bride, The Lady of Misrule and The Testimony of Alys Twist.