Wendy J. Dunn
ALLi Author Member
Location: Australia
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Wendy J. Dunn is an award-winning Australian author, playwright and poet. Her first Tudor novels were two Anne Boleyn novels: Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the Labyrinth. Wendy’s most recent publications are two novels inspired by the life of Katherine of Aragon: her Falling Pomegranate Seeds duology: The Duty of Daughters (a finalist in the 2020 Chaucer award) and All Manner of Things (2021), silver medalist in Readers’ Favorite for historical personage, long listed for 2021 Chaucer Award, a Silver Medalist in The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award (Tudor and Stuart category) and a Gold medal in the Historical Fiction Company awards. Wendy tutors in writing at the Swinburne University of Technology. She’s currently writing a novel set in 2010. Of course, it includes a Tudor story. She is also writing her first full length Tudor biography, commissioned by Pen and Sword.
Wendy J. Dunn's books
Genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Two women betrayed by love, five centuries apart. A story of forgiveness, courage, and rebirth. During her battle with illness, Lucy Ellis found solace in writing a novel about the mysterious death of Amy Robsart, the first wife of Robert Dudley, the man who came close to marrying Elizabeth I. As Lucy delves into Amy’s story, she also navigates the aftermath of her own experience that brought her close to death and the collapse of her marriage. After taking leave from her teaching job to complete her novel, Lucy falls ill again. Fearing she will die before she finishes her book, she flees to England to solve the mystery of Amy Robsart’s death. Can she find the strength to confront her past, forgive the man who broke her heart, and take control of her own destiny? Who better to write about a betrayed woman than a woman betrayed?
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
This revised edition includes two Tudor short stories. 1536, Allington Castle Sir Thomas Wyatt is in his father's custody after witnessing the deaths of Anne and George Boleyn during his imprisonment at the Tower of London. Tom had secretly loved Anne his entire life. Told he is not highly born enough to pursue her, he learns to hide his feelings, especially after Anne catches the eye of Henry VIII. Despite his deepening disquiet about Anne's growing relationship with the king, Tom remains at Anne's side as one of her staunchest friends and supporters. Then Anne takes her place as the king's second consort, and the unthinkable happens. Tom watches helplessly as the woman he loves and his closest friends go on trial for their lives... Grieving for Anne and his friends, Tom remembers Anne's tumultuous journey to become Henry's queen. What is the cost of love? Winner of 2003 Glyph...
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 12-15
IN THE WINTER OF 1535, young Kate Carey lives with her mother and her new family, far from the royal court. Unhappy with her life and wanting to escape her home, she accepts the invitation of Anne Boleyn, the aunt she idolises, to join her household in London. But the dark, dangerous labyrinth of Henry VIII’s court forces Kate to grow up fast as she witnesses her aunt’s final tragic days — and when she discovers a secret that changes her life forever. All things must end—all things but love. This new edition of The Light in the Labyrinth includes two short stories and a poem inspired by Catherine Carey.
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
Winter, 1539. Too ill to travel from her London home, María de Salinas writes a letter to her daughter Katherine, the young duchess of Suffolk. A letter telling of her life: a life intertwined with her friend and cousin Catalina of Aragon, the youngest child of Isabel of Castile. It is a letter to help her daughter understand the choices she has made in her life, beginning from the time she keeps her vow to Catalina to share her life of exile in England. Friendship. Betrayal. Hatred. Forgiveness. Will love win out in the end? Awards: 2023: Book Excellence Finalist. 2022: Eric Hoffer Award Finalist 2021 Chaucer Award 1st place in Tudor Fiction. 2021: silver medallist in Readers’ Favorite for historical personage. finalist for the 2021 Chaucer Award. 2021: Silver Medallist in The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award (Tudor and Stuart category) 2021: Gold Medal in...
Genres: Historical Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+
Castile, 1490. Doña Beatriz Galindo is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A holy war pushing the Moors out of territories ruled by them for centuries. Beatriz does not want a life like other women. She desires power over her own destiny, even if this means walking a far harder road. A passionate and respected scholar, Beatriz serves her friend Queen Isabel of Castile as her advisor. She also tutors the queen’s youngest child, Catalina of Aragon. Dedicated to Queen Isabel and her children, Beatriz guides the young Catalina of Aragon to walk her own hard life road. But can she prepare Catalina to be England’s queen? Finalist in the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction.