Geraldine Harris (born 1951), aka Geraldine Harris Pinch, is an author (of both fiction and non-fiction) and

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

. She is a member of the

Faculty of Oriental Studies The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (formerly the Faculty of Oriental Studies), is a subdivision of the University of Oxford. The faculty is engaged in a broad range of research and teaching on modern and historical Asian and Middl ...

at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Her works include the Seven Citadels quartet and numerous information text books about

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Partial bibliography

*''White Cranes Castle'', illustrated by Lisa Jensen, Macmillan (London), 1979. *"Seven Citadels" series **''Prince of the Godborn'', Greenwillow (New York City), 1982. **''

The Children of the Wind ''The Children of the Wind'' is a novel by Geraldine Harris published in 1982. Plot summary ''The Children of the Wind'' is a novel in which there is a quest for seven keys for each of seven sorcerers. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''The Chil ...

'', Greenwillow, 1982. **''

The Dead Kingdom ''The Dead Kingdom'' is a novel by Geraldine Harris published in 1983. Plot summary ''The Dead Kingdom'' is the third novel of the "Seven Citadels" tetralogy. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''The Dead Kingdom'' for ''White Dwarf'' #62 and state ...

'', Greenwillow, 1983. **'' The Seventh Gate'', Greenwillow, 1983. *''Gods and Pharaohs from Egyptian Mythology'', illustrated by John Sibbick and David O'Connor, Lowe (London), 1982, Schocken (New York City), 1983, reprinted, P. Bedrick (New York City), 1996. *''The Junior Atlas of Ancient Egypt'', Lionheart (London), 1989. *''New Kingdom Votive Offerings to Hathor'', Griffith Institute (Oxford), 1989. *''Isis and Osiris'', NTC Pub. Group, 1996. *(Co-authored with

Delia Pemberton Delia Pemberton (born 1954) is an author and lecturer in Egyptology, formerly with the British Museum and Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Best known for her work in museum education, she has published a number of popular works on anc ...

) ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt'', Peter Bedrick Books, 1999. *''Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of ancient Egypt''. Oxford University Press, 2004. *Contributor to journals, including ''Folklore'' and ''Orientalia''.

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