“There was something indomitable about Maria – like Britannia. He’d heard that she kept her head during a Chilean earthquake the year before when men of greater age and experience had panicked. Afterwards she was discovered calmly taking notes, recording the way the land hand risen, for publication, she said.”

Scottish writer and activist

Sara Sheridan is a Scottish writer and activist, known for work across several genres, especially historical fiction. She is the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mystery series. Her writing spans different forms, but historical fiction is at the center of her output. She is also associated with the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries, which are among the works that have brought her wider attention.