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Sally Watson
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Born in 1924 in Seattle Washington, Sally grew up as an avid reader. Deciding on a non-traditional life for a woman at the time, Sally joined the Navy WAVES in 1944 and then attended Reed College in Oregon. Fortunately, once she was finally prompted to combine her love of history and writing, Highland Rebel poured out of her quickly and started her writing career in juvenile historical fiction. After the success of her first books, she traveled in Europe on the proceeds and learned Highland dancing. At age 45, while continuing to write, she learned Judo, eventually earning a black belt.
When the book market changed in 1972, Sally stopped writing for about 30 years, but then her fans persuaded her to start again. So now, at age 90, Sally continues to enchant readers with new books and is also very active with cat rescue.
Full Series List in Order
Egyptian Trilogy
1 - The Ivory Cat (Nov-2007)2 - The Missing Queen (Jun-2008)
3 - The Next Pharaoh (Oct-2012)
Family Tree
1 - Highland Rebel (Jan-1954)2 - Mistress Malapert (Jan-1955)
3 - Witch of the Glens (Nov-1962)
4 - Lark (Jan-1964)
5 - The Hornet's Nest (Jan-1968)
6 - Jade (Jan-1969)
7 - Linnet (Jan-1971)
8 - The Outrageous Oriel (Jul-2006)
9 - Loyal and the Dragon (Apr-2008)
10 - Castle Adamant (Jun-2009)
Book List in Order: 23 titles
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The Hornet's Nest
- Jan-1968
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New softcover. Two siblings from the Isle of Skye in Scotland are sent by their parents to the colony of Williamsburg Virginia in 1773-in an effort to keep them from being hanged! A spirited and humorous adventure set against the background of the em...
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The Outrageous Oriel
- Jul-2006
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The year is 1641, and England lurches toward civil war. King Charles I claims Divine Right to rule autocratically, so Parliament vengefully arrests his friend Lord Strafford. While the trial goes on, while Queen Henrietta plots with the court poets t...
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The Wayward Princess // Magic at Wychwood (revised)
- Sep-2006
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A Gypsy lad named Finch arrives at Wychwood Castle to find it a tangle of muddled chivalry and magic. Though four royal children conform to rules of chivalry, Princess Elaine is a red-haired hoyden who can't faint, wants to study witchcraft rather th...
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The Delicate Pioneer // Poor Felicity (revised)
- Dec-2006
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Felicity was far too delicate to be pioneering to Oregon Territory! Ironically, it was her parents who died en route, leaving her with her Uncle Jon and that infuriating tease Arne, also orphaned, who jeered at the ailing, self-pitying Missy Flissy. ...
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The Haunted Schoolhouse
- Aug-2007
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In 1892, Emily, newly arrived in the hamlet of Alderpoint, California, was reluctantly coerced-largely by the five diabolically red-haired MacCullum males-into teaching their tiny school. Untrained and unwilling, she faced fifteen assorted hellions, ...
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The Ivory Cat
- Nov-2007
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The Egyptian gods (if they exist) are the many which is the One: innumerable aspects of a single unity living in a time-space in which all time is now and all space is here, and everything can be true at once.Normally the gods don't meddle in human a...
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Loyal and the Dragon
- Apr-2008
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No one opposed Madam Dragon, dowager countess Heath. Even King Charles, who moved to Oxford in 1642 to run a civil war from there, avoided her, who was even more despotic than he. And then a maidservant named Loyal arrived......
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The Missing Queen
- Jun-2008
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King Tutankhamon is dead. The possibly-divine ivory cat Nefru is still (perhaps) putting a paw into royal Egyptian affairs.Lord Ay wants a royal wife-Tut's widow, actually-to give him the blood-right to the throne. She flees marriage with him and fin...
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Castle Adamant
- Jun-2009
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England, 1643. Civil war rages. Royalist Corfe Castle is under attack. Verity, a vivid Puritan, resides with her vituperative cat as enemy-guests. They dispute with all the occupants, on virtue, monarchy, Salvation, the classics and the castle mice--...
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The Angry Earth: A Story of the New Madrid Earthquakes
- Nov-2009
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In 1811, New Madrid, Missouri was shattered by a series of massive earthquakes. For weeks, the shocked citizens coped with a world gone mad. They all changed, fell apart, and endured. This is a fictionalized account of the true story of a family and ...
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Tailwavers
- Sep-2010
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Born in Seattle, graduated from Reed College. Twelve books published 1954-71 by top publishers. Brilliant reviews on all: even by London Times! Co-authored Listen and Learn with Phonics. Lived in England 64 to 87, busy with writing, British Mensa, ca...
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The Next Pharaoh
- Oct-2012
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General Horemheb is confident of becoming Pharaoh when Ay dies childless. Over-confident? He understands men. But not, alas, women, who are as unpredictable and disobedient as cats. The gods, possibly offended, challenge him with plots, pretenders, d...