The narrator is orphaned Nefertari, who suffers terribly because of her relationship to the reviled “Heretic Queen”. The sequel picks up the plot after the brief interceding reign of Tutankhamun. In many ways, The Heretic Queen is a natural progression from my debut novel Nefertiti. Q: What inspired you to write on Nefertari? It was in Berlin that the inspiration came for writing my debut novel, Nefertiti. It wasn’t long before I found myself wandering through Egyptian exhibits in Los Angeles, London and finally Berlin. Looking at the mysterious lapis stones in the dirt, untouched for who knew how many years and embellished with roughhewn hieroglyphics, I was hooked. While our team was working to unearth an ancient city used as a trading post between the Hebrews and Egyptians, we came across a handful of scarabs dating back to the reign of Cleopatra, proof that the Egyptians had traveled north selling cloth and incense and statues of Osiris. My love-affair with Egyptology began on an archaeological dig in Israel. Q: What inspired you to write about ancient Egypt?
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