Susan Higginbotham

Susan Higginbotham
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationVirginia Commonwealth University
Hunter College
Campbell University (JD)
GenreHistorical fiction
Notable awardsSilver Award for historical fiction
2005
Independent Publisher Book Awards' Gold Medal for Historical/Military Fiction
2008
Website
www.susanhigginbotham.com

Susan Higginbotham is an American historical fiction author and attorney. She has written on the Middle Ages and the Wars of the Roses. Her historical fiction deals especially with female figures.

Personal life

Susan Higginbotham earned her undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her master's degree in English literature from Hunter College in New York City.[1][2] She received her Juris Doctor degree from Campbell University law school, and began working for a legal publisher, a position she still holds today.[1][3]

Higginbotham is married, with two children. They live in Brunswick, Maryland.[1][2]

Publishing career

Higginbotham began working on her first novel, The Traitor's Wife in 2003, and after reading some articles on self-publishing, she self-published in 2005.[4] It won ForeWord magazine's 2005 Silver Award for historical fiction and the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards' Gold Medal for Historical/Military Fiction.[1] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 252 libraries.[5] It is a fictional account of the life of Eleanor de Clare, wife of Hugh le Despenser the Younger.[6] Sourcebooks contacted her in 2008, and offered to republish it,[4] resulting in it reaching number 8 in The Boston Globe's list of fiction best sellers.[7] Her next novel was Hugh and Bess (2007), a sequel to her first novel, depicting the life of Eleanor and Hugh's eldest son, Hugh. It was reissued in August 2009.[2] Her next book, The Stolen Crown, was published in 2010 and is a fictional depiction of Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham. Her 2011 novel, The Queen of Last Hopes, features Margaret of Anjou.[8] Higginbotham's most recent works, Hanging Mary, The First Lady and the Rebel, and John Brown's Women, are set in 19th-century America.

List of works

  • The Traitor's Wife (2005)
  • Hugh and Bess (2007)
  • The Stolen Crown (2010)
  • The Queen of Last Hopes (2011)
  • Her Highness, the Traitor (2012)
  • The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family (2013)
  • Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower (2015)
  • Hanging Mary (2016)
  • The First Lady and the Rebel (2019)
  • John Brown’s Women (2021)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Interview with Susan Higginbotham, author of The Stolen Crown and Giveaway". Peeking Between the Pages. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Cindy Thomson. "Interview with Susan Higginbotham". Favorite PASTimes.blogspot.com. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ^ Susan Higginbotham. "About me". Official website. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b Till, Steven and Susan Higginbotham (14 April 2009). "Interview with Author Susan Higginbotham". StevenTill.com. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  5. ^ WorldCat identities record
  6. ^ "Susan Higginbotham". Contemporary Authors Online. 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2013. (subscription required)
  7. ^ "Best Sellers". The Boston Globe. November 6, 2011. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Obeso, Dionne (July 1, 2011). "The Queen of Last Hopes". Renaissance Magazine. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013. (subscription required)