Wendy J. Dunn

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 very likely Wendy’s ancestors knew the Wyatts and Boleyns personally.

Her works — including Dear Heart, How Like You This?, The Light in the Labyrinth, The Duty of Daughters, All Manner of Things, and Shades of Yellow — weave together the lyricism of poetry with the pulse of history, creating stories of love, loss, and the endurance of the human spirit.