Caroline Lawrence
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Caroline Lawrence is an American author, best known for her series called The Roman Mysteries for children. The series is about a Roman girl called Flavia and her three friends: Nubia (a freed slave), Jonathan (a Jewish boy) and Lupus (A mute beggar boy). The series has won numerous awards and has been published in many different languages worldwide.
Currently auditions are underway for a TV show, based on The Roman Mysteries. The lead roles have been finalised and currently the other roles and extras are being found. The show will hopefully come out soon in the US, and then move on to become internationally shown.
[edit] Biography
She was born in London, England. Her American parents returned to the United States shortly afterwards and she grew up in Bakersfield, California with her younger brother and sister. Her father taught English and drama in a local high school and her mother was an artist.
When she was twelve, Caroline's family moved to Stanford University in northern California so that her father could study Linguistics. Caroline inherited her father's love of words and her mother's love of art. She subsequently studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge. There, at Newnham College, she studied Classical Art and Archaeology.
After Cambridge, Caroline remained in England, and later took an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. She then taught Latin, French and art at a small London primary school. In 2000 she wrote The Thieves of Ostia, the first in a series of children's adventure stories set in Ancient Rome. The Roman Mysteries combine Caroline's love of art history, ancient languages and travel. Her other passions include cinema, jazz and London. Caroline has a son Simon, from a previous marriage, and she now lives by the Thames in London with her husband Richard, a graphic designer.
