N.M. Browne went to New College, Oxford to read philosophy and theology and then to King's College, Cambridge, to train as a teacher. After attaining an MBA she worked for an oil c...view moreN.M. Browne went to New College, Oxford to read philosophy and theology and then to King's College, Cambridge, to train as a teacher. After attaining an MBA she worked for an oil company as an all-purpose executive and then remembered what it was she'd always wanted to do - write. She is now a powerful voice in children's fiction, 'blending history, myth, archaeology and psychology like no writer since Rosemary Sutcliff'. She lives in London with her family.view less