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Susan Higginbotham | |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Virginia Commonwealth University Hunter College Campbell University (JD) |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Notable awards | Silver Award for historical fiction 2005 Independent Publisher Book Awards' Gold Medal for Historical/Military Fiction 2008 |
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Susan Higginbotham is an Americanhistorical fiction author and attorney. She has written on theMiddle Ages and theWars of the Roses. Her historical fiction deals especially with female figures.
Susan Higginbotham earned herundergraduate degree fromVirginia Commonwealth University, and hermaster's degree in English literature fromHunter College inNew York City.[1][2] She received herJuris Doctor degree fromCampbell 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 inBrunswick, Maryland.[1][2]
Higginbotham began working on her first novel,The Traitor's Wife in 2003, and after reading some articles onself-publishing, she self-published in 2005.[4] It wonForeWord magazine's 2005 Silver Award for historical fiction and the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards' Gold Medal for Historical/Military Fiction.[1] According toWorldCat, the book is held in 252 libraries.[5] It is a fictional account of the life ofEleanor de Clare, wife ofHugh le Despenser the Younger.[6]Sourcebooks contacted her in 2008, and offered to republish it,[4] resulting in it reaching number 8 inThe Boston Globe's list of fiction best sellers.[7] Her next novel wasHugh 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 ofCatherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham. Her 2011 novel,The Queen of Last Hopes, featuresMargaret of Anjou.[8] Higginbotham's most recent works,Hanging Mary,The First Lady and the Rebel, andJohn Brown's Women, are set in 19th-century America.
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