Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and sold fifteen million copies worldwide. She is a <i>Sunday Times</i> and <i>New York Times</i> bestseller. Lucinda is currently writing <b>The Seven Sisters</b> series, which tells the story of adopted sisters and is based allegorically on the mythology of the famous star constellation. The first five books, <i><b>The Seven Sisters</b></i>, <i><b>The Storm Sister</b></i>, <i><b>The Shadow Sister</b></i>, <i><b>The Pearl Sister</b> </i>and <i><b>The Moon Sister</b></i> have all been No.1 bestsellers across Europe, and the rights to a multi-season TV series have already been optioned by a Hollywood production company.