Sarah Ash
Sarah Ash trained as a musician. However, writing fiction has allowed her to explore her fascination with the way mythology and history overlap and interact. Scent of Lilies was partly inspired by her love of East European folk music, the writings of Anna Komnena, and the wonderful Byzantine frescoes in the Chapelle des Moines in Berzé-la-Ville, Burgundy. Her other novels include ongoing epic fantasy series The Tears of Artamon and Tide Dragons which draws on the ancient Japanese legend of...