and sold in more than 20 countries.. Living part of the year in Morocco, Johnson has made good use of her acquired knowledge of Moroccan culture and history as a background for the novels. In 2016 her 12th century epic, Pillars of Light, set largely inside the walls of Acre during the infamous siege during the Third Crusade was published by the University of Central Lancashire to considerable critical acclaim, and was published in paperback in 2022 by Head of Zeus. It was described by Anne Fortier as 'A masterpiece of historical fiction', and by historian Dan Jones as 'Epic and tender, as thrilling as it is moving... deftly spins a story of the crusader world that is rich, deep, complex and quite unlike anything I've read before.' The following year her account of the Fall of Granada – Court of Lions was published by Head of Zeus in the UK, Penguin Random House in Canada and by Pegasus in the US. The Sea Gate – a WWII story set in her native Cornwall – was published by Head of Zeus in summer 2020 in the UK, and in winter 2020/21 by Simon & Schuster in Canada and the US. Her latest novel is The White Hare, an eerie tale set in Cornwall in 1954, praised by Jackie Morris (The Lost Words, Spell Songs) as a novel that ''sings of an earth alive with power' and by Liz Fenwick as 'A brilliant novel of love, loss, forgiveness, and healing...' It is released in the US and Canada in October 2022. Her magical fantasy novels for children include The Eidolon Chronicles (Legends of the Shadow World in a US omnibus edition): The Secret Country, The Shadow World and Dragon's Fire. Two single volume stories followed: Maskmaker in 2010 and Goldseekers in 2011. Bibliography As Jane Johnson For children: The Eidolon Chronicles (Simon & Schuster); US omnibus edition, Legends of the Shadow World (2010) The Secret Country (2005) Shadow World (2006) Dragon's Fire (2008) Maskmaker (2010) Goldseekers (2011) For adults, three novels set in Morocco: Crossed Bones (Viking Penguin UK, April 2008); US and paperback title The Tenth Gift The Salt Road (Viking, 2010) The Sultan's Wife (Viking, 2012) – based on the life of Ismail Ibn Sharif one novel set in Syria" "Pillars of Light" (Random House Canada January 2016; UCLan October 2017) – the Third Crusade one novel set in