Janet Hardy-Gould has worked as a teacher of English for many years. In her free time she enjoys reading history books and modern novels, visiting other European countries, and drinking tea with her friends. She lives in the ancient town of Lewes in the south of England with her husband and their two children. She has written a number of books, including Henry VIII and his Six Wives, and King Arthur in the Oxford Bookworms series, and The Great Fire of London, Sinbad, Mulan, Hercules, and an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown in the Dominoes series.