Deborah Harkness

Deborah Harkness (born 1965) is an American scholar and novelist, best known as a historian and as the author of the All Souls Trilogy, which consists of ''The New York Times'' best-selling novel ''A Discovery of Witches'' and its sequels ''Shadow of Night'' and ''The Book of Life''. Her latest book is ''Time's Convert: A Novel'', both an origin story of the trilogy's Marcus Whitmore character, set in the American War of Independence and the French Revolution, and a sequel to the All Souls Trilogy. Provided by Wikipedia