Deborah Harkness – American novelist and historian; A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night; her bestselling All Souls trilogy became a hit TV series. A professor of European history and expert on alchemy and Renaissance science, she blends scholarship with magic, romance, and vivid storytelling.
📚 All Souls trilogy sold millions worldwide. 🎬 A Discovery of Witches adapted into Sky One series. 🧪 Scholar of 16th–17th c. alchemy, wrote on John Dee and Renaissance science. 🎓 Taught at USC, Oxford, and Chicago. 📖 The Bodleian Library sparked the idea for her debut novel. 🌍 Books translated into dozens of languages. 👩🏫 Balances academic rigour with engaging fantasy. 📗 Also authored historical studies on alchemy and medicine. 💡 Heroine Diana Bishop mirrors Harkness as a scholar entering magic. 🍷 Wine enthusiast, runs a blog on vintages. 🙂 Fun quirk: says she began fantasy “as a break from dry scholarship,” only to launch a bestselling saga.