Barbara Sjoholm

Ireland's great "Pirate Queen" leaps from mythology into the pages of history in this fascinating account of Grace O'Malley, a hard-core pirate who led two hundred men on raids against English ships during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and reportedly gave birth to a child hours before going into battle with Algerian pirates. Original.

In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea

The Pirate Queen

An Editor's Guide to Working with Authors

Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture

From Lapland to Sápmi

Winter Travels in Lapland

The Palace of the Snow Queen

Barbara Wilson

Trouble in Transylvania

Sisters of the Road

From the award-winning author of The Palace of the Snow Queen comes a novel about love and independence in 19th century Denmark. Inspired by the relationship between the composer Carl Nielsen and the artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt, Fossil Island tells the story of two sisters: Nik is a fourteen-year-old tomboy who spends her time fossilizing on the nearby island of Fur. Her older sister Maj is studying to be a teacher, along with her best friend, the fiery Eva Sandstrom. During the summer of 1887, their Aunt Marie introduces into the family a handsome young musician of twenty-two. Flirtation turns to a secret romance between Nik and Carl, as Maj weighs an engagement over her intense friendship with Eva. The following year in Copenhagen brings the sisters' lives to the crisis point as they juggle passion, jealousy, and violent events. Fossil Island is the first of two novels about Nik and Maj: its sequel, The Former World, continues their story."

Fossil Island

The Dog Collar Murders

"Ambitious Women is about making a living, making love and making decisions. The story of three women caught in the everyday demands of work, family, friendship, and their confrontation with violence against women, terrorism, and the grand jury's right to investigate, this novel takes on the issues of contemporary feminism."--Publisher's description.

A Novel

Ambitious Women

The story of an adventurous Danish woman, an artist and ethnographer who lived and migrated with the Sami nomads of Scandinavia in the early twentieth century. Emilie Demant Hatt's unconventional life and relationships come alive in this first English-language biography.

A Life of Emilie Demant Hatt, Artist and Ethnographer

Black Fox

Barbara Sjoholm

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