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Caroline Lawrence was born in London, England. Her American parents returned to the United States shortly afterwards and she grew up in Bakersfield, California with her younger brother and sister.

An ancient biography of him tells us that he was an ugly hunchback who was also enslaved.

An ancient biography of him tells us that he was an ugly hunchback who was also enslaved.

Topics linked to the historical novels for kids by Caroline Lawrence: The Roman Mysteries, The PK Pinkerton Mysteries, The Roman Quests, the Time Travel.

Caroline Lawrence interview: Caroline Lawrence answers a multitude of questions asked of her by students during her hundreds of school visits.

I'm passionate about story structure: why certain beats have to be in a certain order for a story to be satisfying to people.

Caroline Lawrence studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge.

Her father taught English and drama in a local high school and her mother was an artist.

When she was twelve, Caroline’s family moved to Stanford University in northern California so that her father could study Linguistics.

Caroline inherited her father’s love of words and her mother’s love of art. She subsequently studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge. There, at Newnham College, she studied Classical Art and Archaeology.

After Cambridge, Caroline remained in England, and later took an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London.

She then taught Latin, French and art at a small London primary school. In 1999 she got the idea for a series of children’s books like ‘Nancy Drew in Ancient Rome