Rosalind Miles is an author born and raised in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and now living in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England. She has written 23 works of fiction

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

 and non-fiction

Non-fiction

Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...

. As a child, Miles suffered from polio, and had to undergo several months of treatment. At high school Miles acquired a working knowledge of Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 and Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

, along with developing her life-long love of Shakespeare. At seventeen, she was accepted at St. Hilda's College, Oxford where she studied English literature, Anglo-Saxon

Old English language

Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

, Middle English

Middle English

Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....

, Latin and French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

. She obtained five degrees in all, ending with a Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 from the Shakespeare Institute

Shakespeare Institute

The Shakespeare Institute is a centre for postgraduate study dedicated to the study of William Shakespeare and the literature of the English Renaissance. It is part of the University of Birmingham, and is located in Stratford-upon-Avon....

 at the University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...

.

Miles later on became interested in jurisprudence

Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...

, which resulted in her sitting as a lay magistrate in the English criminal and family courts, and eventually on the bench in a superior court in Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

. She is also a regular commentator on the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, on Canadian Radio, and in national newspapers in England and the United States. Miles is married with two children.

Non-fiction

• The Fiction of Sex: Themes and Functions of Sex Difference in the Modern Novel
• The Problem of Measure for Measure
• Ben Jonson: His Life and Work
• Ben Jonson: His Craft and Art
• The Female Form: Women Writers and the Conquest of the Novel
• Danger! Men At Work
• Modest Proposals
• Women and Power
• The Women's History of the World
  The Women's History of the World
  The Women's History of the World is a book about women's history written by British author Rosalind Miles and first published in 1988. Later editions, including the paperback versions of the book, were titled Who Cooked The Last Supper: The Women's History of the World. The book examines the roles...
  
  (US: 'Who Cooked the Last Supper')
• The Rites of Man: Love, Sex and Death in the Making of the Male (US: Love, Sex and Death and the Making of the Male)
• The Children We Deserve: Love and Hate in the Making of the Family

With Robin Cross:

• Hell Hath No Fury True stories of women at war from antiquity to Iraq.
• Warrior Women 3000 years of courage and heroism

Fiction

• Return to Eden
• Bitter Legacy
• Prodigal Sins
• Act of Passion
• I, Elizabeth: the Word of a Queen Reader's Guide

• The Guenevere
  Guinevere
  Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. In tales and folklore, she was said to have had a love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot...
  
   trilogy: Reader's Guide
  • Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
    Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
    Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country is a novel by Rosalind Miles, based on Arthurian legend. It chronicles the life of Queen Guenevere from her perspective, from childhood to the blossoming of her relationship with Lancelot.-Plot summary:...
    
    
  • The Knight of the Sacred Lake
    The Knight of the Sacred Lake
    The Knight of the Sacred Lake is a 2001 historical fantasy novel by Rosalind Miles.-Plot introduction:The Knight of the Sacred Lake is a variant of an Arthurian legend...
    
    
  • The Child of the Holy Grail

• The Isolde
  Iseult
  Iseult is the name of several characters in the Arthurian story of Tristan and Iseult. The most prominent is Iseult of Ireland, wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan. Her mother, the Queen of Ireland, is also named Iseult...
  
  trilogy:
  • The Queen of the Western Isle
  • The Maid of the White Hands
  • The Lady of the Sea

External links

• Rosalind Miles's site
• Interview with Rosalind Miles on Veronika Asks