Wendy J. Dunn

Tudor History writer, award-winning author, giving voice to Tudor women.

Wendy J. Dunn is an award-winning Australian author, playwright and poet fascinated by Tudor history – so much so she was not surprised to discover a family connection to the Tudors, not long after the publication of her first Anne Boleyn novel narrating the Anne Boleyn story through the eyes of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder. Her family tree reveals the intriguing fact that one of her ancestral families – possibly over three generations – had purchased land from both the Boleyn and Wyatt families to build up their own holdings. It seems likely Wendy’s ancestors knew the Wyatts and Boleyns personally.

Her second novel, The Light in the Labyrinth, set during final days of Anne Boleyn's life, revisits the Anne Boleyn story through the eyes of her niece Catherine Carey. The Duty of Daughters and All Manner of Things tells the story of Katherine of Aragon. Shades of Yellow tells the story of a woman writing a novel about Amy Robsart. All Dunn's award-winning novels weave together the lyricism of poetry with the pulse of history, creating stories of love, loss, and the endurance of the human spirit. She is also the author of Henry VIII’s True Daughter: Catherine Carey, A Tudor Life, a nonfiction book warmly acknowledged by Alison as a book she used for research for The Boleyn Secret.