The Six Bells of Madame Lin is the first book in The Witch of Marigold Hall Trilogy, a fictionalized account of the struggles of Lin Mang, a blind woman who manages to navigate the world during the Mongol conquest of China in the 13th Century. Withou
Compelling historical fiction that traces the life of a young English immigrant woman who travels to America at the turn of the century to start a new life for herself. Encountering danger, romance, heartache and tragedy, she strives to fit into a
I love to write historical fiction and visit the exotic locales at least in my dreams.
Background
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Waheed Rabbani was born in India and was introduced to Victorian and Edwardian novels, at a very young age, in his father’s library. Most of the large number of volumes, in the library, had been purchased by his father at ‘garage sales’ held, by departing British civil service officers, in the last days of the British raj.
Waheed graduated from Loughborough University, Leicestershire, England, and received a Master’s degree from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. While an engineer by profession, Waheed’s other love is reading and writing English literature.
Waheed and his wife, are now settled on the shores of Lake Ontario in the historic town of Grimsby.
Accomplishments
Bachelor's and Master's degrees and Creative Writing Certificate.