WATTYS 2021 Historical Fiction winner | Writers Of The Past Series. 4000 years ago, in an empire where women were little more than flowers on the wall, one princess cemented her story in history and changed the art of writing for centuries to come. *** Based on the real-life Akkadian princess and high-priestess Enheduanna, this novel explores the life of history's first author. An outspoken visionary with a talent for writing down her deepest emotions, Enheduanna's life is turned upside-down when the god Nanna chooses her to become the high priestess of Ur. As her power in the city of Ur grows, so does her list of enemies. But her own safety is the least of her worries when thousands depend on her to keep the vengeful gods happy, and their land safe. Either way, Enheduanna is not willing to go down without a fight. One way or another, she will carve her own path, and nobody is going to erase her from the pages of history. - part 1 of the Writers Of The Past Series -

Madi's slumber party is suddenly terrorized by a harmless dare.

Kim Yeoreum was sent back in time when she nearly drowns in a river. There, 1000 years in the past, she takes in the body of a far back ancestor. Yeoreum will have to try her very best to find a will to live once again or else she will walk alone as a phantom for the rest of eternity. She had ten years, now only less than two remain until she can complete her task in order to avoid an eternal demise. ••• "With or without that scar, you are the most beautiful person I know."