Sandra Gulland (born November 3, 1944) is an American-born Canadian novelist. She is the author of ''The Shadow Queen'' and ''Mistress of the Sun'', novels set in the court of

Louis XIV Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was List of French monarchs, King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the Li ...

, The Sun King, and a trilogy of novels based on the life of

Josephine Bonaparte Josephine may refer to: People * Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer Places *Josephine, Texas, United States * Mount Josephine (disambiguation) * Josephine Coun ...

: ''The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.''; ''Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe''; ''The Last Great Dance on Earth''. To date, Gulland's novels have been published in fifteen countries and translated into thirteen languages. ''The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.'' was a bestseller in the UK.

Biography

Born November 3, 1944, in

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

, Sandra Gulland (née Zentner) was brought up in

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and E ...

. After graduating from Berkeley High School, she attended San Francisco State College, the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...

, and

Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The unive ...

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

, graduating with a BA in English literature and a minor in mathematics. She emigrated to Canada in 1969, teaching for a year in Nain,

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

, before moving to

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

to work as a book editor in book publishing. She was a founding member of the Editors' Association of Canada (then the Freelance Editors' Association of Canada). In 1978, she and her family moved to rural

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, where she was volunteer principal of the Killaloe Alternative School and co-publisher of ''The Community News & Confuse''. She became a Canadian citizen in 1980. She and her husband now live half the year near

Killaloe, Ontario Killaloe is a town located in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada in the township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards. Geographically it is located in Eastern Ontario. The shores of Golden Lake are located to the east, which is well known for qua ...

, and half in

San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende () is the principal city in the municipality of San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. A part of the Bajío region, the city lies from Mexico City, 86 km (53 mi) from Queré ...

, Mexico.

Bibliography

*The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. — 1995 *Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe — 1998 *The Last Great Dance on Earth — 2000 *Mistress of the Sun — 2008 *The Shadow Queen — 2014

External links

Sandra Gulland's official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulland, Sandra 1944 births Living people Canadian women novelists Canadian historical novelists Writers from Berkeley, California Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni American emigrants to Canada 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American historical novelists American women novelists 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Women historical novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers