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Monica Kendall Author & Editor

Monica Kendall was born near London. She has a Master's degree from St Hugh's College, Oxford University, and another from University College London. She has previously edited two books: John Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi' (Pearson/Longman, 2004) and the secret diary of a teenage great-aunt trapped in occupied Brussels during World War I, 'Miss Cavell Was Shot: The Diaries of Amy Hodson, 1914-1920' (SilverWood, 2015). She has been an academic book editor for many years and now lives in North Wales, inspired by her great-great-grandfather's 'hiraeth am Gymru' and her son's mountaineering.