Sharon Bennett Connolly is the best-selling author of several non-fiction history books, including Heroines of the Medieval World, Heroines of the Tudor World, Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England, Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey, Scotland’s Medieval Queens and Women of the Anarchy. Looking into the lives and careers of English medieval princesses, Sharon’s latest books are Princesses of the Early Middle Ages and Princesses of the Later Middle Ages, published in April and August 2026, respectively.

Sharon has also written an educational book for Pearson International, Nikola Tesla and the Battle of the Currents, for teaching English as a foreign language.

A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Sharon writes the popular history blog, www.historytheinterestingbits.com and co-hosts the podcast A Slice of Medieval, alongside historical novelist Derek Birks. Derek and Sharon welcome guests, such as Ian Mortimer, Bernard Cornwell, Elizabeth Chadwick and Scott Mariani, and discuss a wide range of topics in medieval history, from significant events to the personalities involved.

Sharon regularly gives talks on women’s history for historical groups, festivals and in schools; her book Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest is a recommended text for teaching the Norman Conquest in the National Curriculum. Sharon is a feature writer for All About History, Tudor Places and Living Medieval magazines and her radio and TV work includes the BBC, Talk Radio Europe and Australian Television’s Who Do You Think You Are?