 Stephanie
Cowell
Stephanie Cowell was born in New York City, the
daughter of artists, and fell in love with Mozart,
Shakespeare, and historical fiction at an early age
She began to write stories very young and by the age
of twenty had won prizes twice in a national story
contest. In her early twenties, she left writing and
trained her voice as a high soprano; she sang over
thirty opera roles and appeared extensively as an
international balladeer with guitar as well as
forming a singing ensemble, a chamber opera company
and producing an art series. She returned to writing
fiction in her forties with the translation of a
Mozart opera.
Nicholas Cooke: Actor, Soldier, Physician, Priest
was published by W.W. Norton in 1993, followed by
The Physician of London in 1995 (American Book Award
1996) and The Players: A novel of the young
Shakespeare in 1997. Marrying Mozart was published
in 2004, and has been translated into seven
languages. She has just completed a novel about a
young artist’s model in Paris 1866 who fell in love
with the 25-year-old poor and handsome Claude Monet.
Stephanie is married to the poet and spiritual
director Russell Clay. They make their home in New
York City. Between them, they have five grown sons.
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