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

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ist. She has worked as an

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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

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, 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)

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