Sheri Cobb South discovered the author Georgette Heyer at 16, and came to the startling realization that she had been born into the wrong century. Since Heyer was dead and could not write any more tales of Regency England, South decided to do it herself. After honing her craft on five young adult books for Bantam’s long-running Sweet Dreams series, she tried her hand at the genre she had loved for so long. Her first Regency romance, The Weaver Takes a Wife, was published in 1999. A native and long-time resident of Alabama, Ms. South recently moved to Loveland, Colorado, where she has a view of Long’s Peak from her office window.
SunLit: Tell us this book’s backstory – what’s it about and what inspired you to write it?
Sheri Cobb South: A few years ago, I read Peter Ackroyd’s “London: The Biography.” The book is arranged topically as well as chronologically, and the chapter on entertainment devotes a lengthy section to Bartholomew Fair, a staple of London life for more than 700 years…