Marthese Fenech is the bestselling author of an historical saga set in sixteenth-century Malta and the Ottoman Empire. She has also written an award-winning script based on her Siege of Malta trilogy. Obstinate curiosity has led her to seventy countries across six continents. Research guided her to the ancient streets her characters roamed, the fortresses they defended, the seas they sailed, and the dungeons they escaped. She calls both Ontario and British Columbia home, where she lives with her brilliant, mathematically inclined husband and brilliant, musically inclined dog, known to lead family howl sessions on occasion.