Cassandra's Sister (26 page)

“Those in search of a good story need look no futher.”
The Guardian

“A haunting story, beautifully written and rich in historical detail.”
The Bookseller

Veronica Bennett worked for several years as an English lecturer. She began her writing career as a freelance journalist, but soon moved into fiction. She is the author of
Angelmonster
,
The Boy-free Zone
,
Fish Feet
,
Monkey
and, for younger readers,
Dandelion and Bobcat
.

On writing
Cassandra's Sister
Veronica says, “I first read
Pride and Prejudice
when I was nineteen. Although the novel was not published until Jane Austen was in her thirties, she was only about nineteen herself when she completed the first version, and by then she had already written the manuscript which became
Sense and Sensibility
. Since our fascination with her characters and stories remains undiminished even after two centuries, I wanted to explore in my own novel a stage of her life when her concerns were the timeless ones of a young girl – love, ambition, family, friends. Perhaps in imagining how the events and the emotions of those years affected her, we might take a step into the past, and meet the girl whose books we hold in such enduring affection.”

Veronica has lived in Israel, Spain and Canada, and now lives in Middlesex with her family.

Books by the same author

Angelmonster
The Boy-free Zone
Dandelion and Bobcat
Fish Feet
Monkey