08-31-2011, 01:59 AM
Hail and well met, everybody.
Hope I'm doing this right - I could nail this introductory post thing easy if I could just do it with a wax tablet and a stylus, but computers don't like me . . . Anyway, my name is Kate Quinn and I have been interested in ancient Rome more or less since birth thanks to a classics-degree mother who thought the battle of Actium made a better bedtime story than the Three Bears, and that "I, Claudius" was better viewing than Sesame Street. (She was right on both counts.) I am a historical fiction novelist, born in California, currently living in Maryland; Berkley Books has published my first two novels, both set in 1st century Rome, and the third comes out next year. I've been neck-deep in research on the Roman legions since Book 3 covers the Dacian and Parthian wars under Trajan, and in the course of that research I've heard RAT recommended over and over as a terrific source for both facts and enthusiasts. I look forward to hanging out here and meeting both.
Hope I'm doing this right - I could nail this introductory post thing easy if I could just do it with a wax tablet and a stylus, but computers don't like me . . . Anyway, my name is Kate Quinn and I have been interested in ancient Rome more or less since birth thanks to a classics-degree mother who thought the battle of Actium made a better bedtime story than the Three Bears, and that "I, Claudius" was better viewing than Sesame Street. (She was right on both counts.) I am a historical fiction novelist, born in California, currently living in Maryland; Berkley Books has published my first two novels, both set in 1st century Rome, and the third comes out next year. I've been neck-deep in research on the Roman legions since Book 3 covers the Dacian and Parthian wars under Trajan, and in the course of that research I've heard RAT recommended over and over as a terrific source for both facts and enthusiasts. I look forward to hanging out here and meeting both.