SANDRA GULLAND was raised and educated in Berkeley, California, immigrating to Canadain 1970. She is the author of the Josephine B. trilogy, which has sold over 75,000 copiesin Canada and has been published worldwide to great success. Gulland spent many yearsresearching Mistress of the Sun, and in the interest of perfecting the book’s rich details, she acquired a library of over 200 books on the Louis XIV period, rode horseback for a week in France’s Loire Valley (45 km a day) and spent a silent stay in a convent. SandraGulland and her husband live half the year near Killaloe, Ontario, and half in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Visit her online at www.sandragulland.com.