Annette Hart Author of Medieval Fantasy

Annette has a degree in English from Exeter University which she then followed with a postgraduate teaching certificate from Rolle College, Exmouth. Having lurked in deepest, darkest Surrey for many years, working as a primary school teacher, she returned to her ancestral county of Devon. She lives in her dream cottage in a North Devon hamlet with several cats, some children and a husband.

Annette's first stories, her Athlandia series for young people, follows the characters and events in an alternate Medieval Europe, especially those of the nobles of Athlandia whose lives have been riven apart by treachery. The first, Blood & Allegiance, finds orphan Bryony adapting to a new life with her cousin, King Unwin, but she soon learns that he is not as kind and generous as he seems and Athlandia is not as stable as she thought.

Her latest series, Torland, is for adults and are romances of misunderstandings, self-doubt and guilt set in a fantasy medieval world. Painted Blind follows Nell, Princess of Guthway, as she travels to the court of Torland for the first time. When she decides to swap positions with her cousin in order to rid herself of responsibilities and expectations for a short while, she doesn't consider what might happen if she makes friends with the people around her. Her latest book, Cold Hope, answers the question from Annette's daughter, 'Is Ellie all bad?"

Annette is currently working on an historical romance set in World War 2 between London, Sidcup and Devon which she hopes to bring with her to Watchet.