Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous historical biographies, including Queens of the Conquest, The Lost Tudor Princess, Elizabeth of York, Mary Boleyn, The Lady in the Tower, Mistress of the Monarchy, Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Life of Elizabeth I, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. She is also the author of historical novels including most recently The Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII, which includes Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen; Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait; Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen; Anne Boleyn, A King’s Obsession; and Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen. She lives in Surrey, England, with her husband.