Katie Hickman

Katie Hickman is the author of The Aviary Gate, a novel set in late sixteenth century Constantinople in the harem of the Turkish Sultan, Mehmet III.From a Q & A at Hickman's website:Q: How did you come to write a novel set in a sultan's harem?A: Actually, I started the novel with two characters: John Carew, a master cook, and Jamal al-Andalus, an Arab astronomer. The more I thought about them,