Her books have been translated into German, French, Italian and several other languages. Claude & Camille: a novel of Monet (Crown/Random House), drew on her childhood visits to museums and her parents’ constant talk of the great French artists.

Her fourth novel Marrying Mozart (Viking Penguin)was conceived in New York’s Café Mozart while drinking Viennese coffee and scribbling down ideas for the book on a napkin. Stephanie’s first three published novels were drawn from her love of Shakespeare and his period: The Players: a novel of the young Shakespeare, The Physician of London and Nicholas Cooke: actor, soldier, physician, priest) – all published by W.W. Both the experience of translating the libretto into English and the words of the leading tenor who told her, “You’re a very good singer but you are really a writer,” sent her back to creating stories. She also formed a chamber opera company called Strawberry where she sang the part of a young Roman soldier in a Mozart opera. She formed a classical singing ensemble called The Lyric Quartet which sang everywhere from prisons to concert halls, produced a Renaissance Faire in Central Park, and a music/dance series in Bryant Park in the center of the city. By age twenty she had twice won the national Seventeen award for short stories.īut she diverted into music and as a high soprano, sang over thirty roles in small opera companies and traditional songs with guitar. Born in New York City to a painter and a well-known fashion artist, Stephanie began scribbling stories as soon as she could write and later, on adolescent sleepover weekends with her friends, shared them.

Marrying Mozart by Stephanie Cowell