Writer of Historical Fiction
A Life by Many Names
Many have heard of Captain Kidd, but few know the fascinating story of the woman behind the man.
1684. Sarah Bradley arrives in New York colony at the age of fourteen. She's forced to marry young, and though she rises to become a famed socialite and shopkeeper of the most fashionable store in New England, she does not find true happiness until she meets a tall, charismatic sea captain named William Kidd, who becomes her third husband. When he's convicted of piracy, she must choose whether to stand by the man she loves, acting as his accomplice, or renounce him publicly, securing a future for herself and her daughters.
I must credit my husband, Dan, with the idea for this book. His long-standing love of pirates led me to research whether any of them were married. It was not until I read The Pirate Next Door by historian Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos that I came across Sarah Kidd. I knew immediately that she would be the protagonist of my next novel.
The South Prospect of the City of New York in America by R. Baldwin, 1761.
An 18th century portrait of William Kidd often attributed to James Thornhill. Sadly, no paintings of Sarah remain.
Sarah's house on Pearl Street facing the harbor