Editing Sharon Kay Penman (section)

== Career ==
Born in [[New York City]], Penman grew up in New Jersey. She received her bachelor's degree from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], where she majored in history. She also received a [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) degree from [[Rutgers University]] School of Law, and worked as a tax lawyer before becoming a writer.<ref name=Penguin>{{cite web|title=Sharon Kay Penman|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000024746,00.html|publisher=2009 Penguin.com|access-date=2009-07-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225233215/http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000024746,00.html|archive-date=December 25, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> While a student, Penman researched and wrote ''[[The Sunne in Splendour]]'' that chronicled the life of [[Richard III of England|Richard III]]. When the 400-page manuscript was stolen from her car, Penman found herself unable to write for the next five years.<ref>{{cite news |title=What Authors do to Protect MSS |author=McDowell, Edwin |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 16, 1982 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/16/books/what-authors-do-to-protect-mss.html}}</ref> She eventually rewrote the book and by the time the 936-page book was published in 1982 she had spent 12 years writing it, while practicing law at the same time.<ref name=R3 /> Of practicing law, she admitted she "considered it penance."<ref name=zollo /> Penman lived in New Jersey,<ref name=prepub>{{cite journal|last=King|first=Ann|date=December 2004|title=Prepub Mystery|journal=Library Journal|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA485975.htm|access-date=2009-06-06}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and in the early 1980s moved to Wales to research her second book, ''[[Here Be Dragons]]''. She had a second home in the Welsh mountains where, she said, the history inspired her and provided material for her novels.<ref name=Powell>{{cite news|title=Dragons Lurking in the Shadows |first=Powell |last=Dean |newspaper=Western Mail |location=at Findarticles.com |date=June 1, 2002 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/western-mail-cardiff-wales/mi_8001/is_2002_June_1/books-dragons-lurking-shadows-dean/ai_n36644186/?tag=content;col1 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>