Bio:Emma Lorant
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About the Author (from Amazon.com)
About the authors Emma Lorant is a mother and daughter writing team.
Tessa Lorant Warburg lives in England with her elder son, his Thai wife and their three lively children. Originally a mathematician, Tessa began her working life as a computer programmer, then married an author who encouraged her to start writing. She wrote a series of unexpectedly popular books about her hobby of knitting, and has also patented two knitting aids. She is featured as one of a handful of knitters in Richard Rutt’s seminal A History of Hand Knitting. After her husband died of cancer Tessa wrote, at his request, her first non-knitting book, A Voice at Twilight. This takes a look, not always solemn, at the experience of living – and dying – with the Big C. Tessa was awarded the Oddfellows Social Concern Award for this book; the prize was presented at the House of Commons. As family members kept telling Tessa how like her husband the book sounded she thought she might be able to use that skill to write fiction. Tessa has now published six suspense novels and a family saga – a trilogy – set in North Germany and based on her mother’s family. And she’s busy writing more books, both fiction and non-fiction.
Madeleine Elizabeth Warburg lives in the beautiful countryside of southern England. After many years in children’s television, working on programmes including Bob the Builder and Angelina Ballerina, she is now a primary school teacher. Madeleine is an avid reader with a love of books in all genres. Other interests include music; as well as leading Music at her school, Madeleine runs a community choir in her village, and enjoys singing in local choirs.