Haley Elizabeth Garwood (born 25 April 1940) is an American

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other t ...

ist. She has worked as an airline stewardess and as a teacher of

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students. She also teaches literature at university. After her retirement as a high school principal in

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

, she began to write full-time. Garwood began her "Warrior Queen Series" with the book, ''The Forgotten Queen'' (1998). The series focuses on "forgotten women in history." She has four completed novels in her Warrior Queen Series about women warriors. After ''Rani of Jhansi'', she will be searching for an "African Queen" series.

Publications

Warrior Queen series

# ''The Forgotten Queen'' (1998) # ''Swords Across the Thames'' (1999) # ''Ashes of Britannia'' (2001) # ''Zenobia'' (2005) # ''Rani of Jhansi'' (2007)

References

External links

Official site
1940 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American historical novelists American women novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Women historical novelists Educators from West Virginia Novelists from West Virginia {{US-novelist-1940s-stub