About Keira Morgan
As a kid Keira was a bookworm. It was then that she discovered the Renaissance as a wonderful place of queens, princesses, and castles. She studied the period at university and realized that life for those same queens and princesses in their castles wasn’t nearly as romantic as she had dreamed, but it was much more fascinating. The clothing, the food, the way people travelled, how they lived, how they brought up their children, what they thought about, and why—all these things intrigued her.
After a career in the Canadian public service, during which she wrote fiction about the Renaissance period, she moved to Mexico where she pursues her writing full time. She recently completed The Importance of Wives, her third published novel about Anne of Brittany, in The Chronicles of the House of Valois series. The Importance of Sons and The Importance of Pawns continue the story of this determined woman who was also twice queen of France.
She is also a member of the France’s Splendid Centuries Writing Cooperative that together writes a weekly Facebook blog (FrancesSplendid Centuries) about fascinating aspects of French history, culture and people. The group recently (September, 2024)presented a workshop at the Historical Novel Society in Dartington, England.
Keira is working on her last novel in the Anne of Brittany series, tentatively titled “The Importance of Heirs” and another non-fiction book about the women who shaped the French Renaissance
