about this author
Kathleen Kent is a tenth-generation descendant of Martha Carrier. She is also a masterful storyteller, and in her first novel she paints a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.
"Most of the books that have influenced and touched me the most are historical fiction. When I was a child I read a lot of Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe and H.H. Monroe. Some of my favorites from the past are The Quincunx by Charles Palliser, Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears, The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve, and The Source by James Michener.
I also read everything by Annie Dillard, Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry.
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