Clarissa Harwood – Book Cave

Biography

Clarissa Harwood holds a PhD in English literature with a specialization in nineteenth-century British literature and is the author of three historical novels: The Curse of Morton Abbey, Bear No Malice, and Impossible Saints. Publishers Weekly called Impossible Saints “a rich debut. . . . With insight and sensitivity, Harwood explores century-old social mores and challenges that still echo loudly today.” Bear No Malice won the Editor's Choice Award from the Historical Novel Society; Kirkus Reviews called it “a smart and highly civilized tale about love, temptation, and second chances.” Clarissa is a part-time university instructor and full-time grammar nerd who loves to explain the difference between restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband and three spoiled cats.

Fun Facts

Hobbies
Baking, making snow women, and playing with my cats
Most Exotic Place Visited
South Africa
Mountains or Beach? Why?
Neither! I love the big sky and grasses of the Canadian prairies where I was born and raised. But mountains and beaches are nice too.
Number of Published Books
Three
Book that Changed Your Life
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
Favorite Place to Write
Inside the purr machine (i.e. sitting on my sofa with a cat on each side and one behind my head)
Do You Listen to Music While Writing? What Kind?
No, but one of my characters in a new novel I'm working on is a fan of country music, which I am NOT. I play it in the car to appease her, but not while I'm writing.
Favorite Character You Created
That's like asking a mom which is her favourite child. I love them all, but in different ways.
Where Do You Live?
Ontario, Canada, but I wish I could be . . . you guessed it . . . on the prairies.

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The Curse of Morton Abbey

by Clarissa Harwood

Moderate

$4.99

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