Mount, Toni: - Toni Mount, a member of the Crime Writers' Association, earned her Master's Degree by completing original research into a unique 15th-century medical manuscript. She still studies history and is the author of several successful non-fiction books for Amberley Publishing and Pen & Sword Books, about the lives of ordinary people in the Middle-Ages. Toni's detailed understanding of the period allows her to create accurate, atmospheric settings and realistic characters for her Seb Foxley medieval murder mysteries. Toni's first career was as a scientist, which enhances her knowledge and brings an extra dimension to her novels. She writes regularly for both The Richard III Society and The Tudor Society and is a major contributor to MedievalCourses.com. As well as writing, Toni teaches history to adults, co-ordinates a creative writing group and is a popular speaker to groups and societies.