Sharon Kay Penman

Sharon Kay Penman is one of the famous American novelists who loves to write her novels based on the historical fiction genre. Most of the novels written by her revolve around the Welsh and English royalty and are set during the Middle Ages in England, France and Wales. She is well known to do a lot of research work before writing her novels, which can be seen easily in the quality of her novel writings, such as the events, characterizations, various settings, etc. Author Sharon Kay Penman began her writing career in the year 1982 when her first novel was published. Since then, she has gone on to write a number of successful novels under five different series’. All of her novels series’ are known for her distinctive works and superior quality of plots. She was born on August 13, 1945 in New York City, New York, United States and was raised in New Jersey. Penman went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in the subject of History from the University of Texas, Austin. Then, she joined the School of Law at the Rutgers University and obtained her Juris Doctor degree. Just after completing her academic studies, Penman began to work as a tax lawyer, before going to become a full time author. During her college days, she used to do research on the life of Richard III for her first novel. However, it was half done when it got stolen, which made her unable to write again for 5 years.