Born in South Wales, S.M. Davies read English at Cambridge, specialising in medieval literature and exploring the history which underlies the spellbinding legends of Early Britain. After graduating she worked as a professional indexer for leading publishers, usually on historical texts - everything from Ancient Babylon to World War Two. Since then she has spent her working life on the Gower Peninsula, first as a farmer, then a hotelier, and finally as a pub and nightclub owner. During these years she continued her research and wrote the first draft of the High King series, much of it based amidst the Welsh landscapes she knows and loves. She still lives on the edge of Gower, close to her children and their families, and shares her home with her sheepdog.
