The Secret Magdalene

About the Author

Under the name "Pamela Longfellow," Ki Longfellow has published two novels, the very first of which—China Blues (HarperCollins/Doubleday) —enjoyed a brisk auction. It was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection in Canada, a best seller in Sweden, and optioned in Hollywood by the legendary David Brown.

Her second novel, Chasing Women (HarperCollins), was also optioned, and twice adapted for the screen.

As Ki Longfellow, her third novel, The Secret Magdalene (Eio Books, USA), saw publication at the end of March, 2005. It was later sold to the Crown division of Random House, New York, and is now in the hands of foreign publishing houses.

Following the publication of The Secret Magdalene by Eio Books, Ms. Longfellow was asked to contribute an essay to the bestselling "Secrets" series. This fourth book in the series, entitled Secrets of Mary Magdalene: The Untold Story of History's Most Misunderstood Woman , also includes contributions by Elaine Pagels, Tori Amos, Margaret Starbird, Susan Haskins and Karen L. King. Available in bookstores mid-September 2006.

She is now at work on Flow Down Like Silver : Hypatia of Alexandria, a novel about the extraordinary Hypatia of Alexandria, the last and greatest pagan teacher before she was brutally murdered for her brilliance. Following that she intends to write The Woman Who Knew the All, the continuing life of Mariamne Magdal-eder, following her from the foot of the Cross to an Alexandria aflame with riots, to Rome where Caligula is now Caesar...and back to the land of her birth. Israel is as ever in turmoil as Paul, a Romanized Jew, captures and kills all those she once called friend—until the day of his conversion on the road to Damascus.

To date, her work is available in eight languages: Spanish, Swedish, Hebrew, English, German, Chinese, Icelandic, and Czech. There are also audio versions of China Blues available from Soundings in Britian, and The Secret Magdalene available from Books On Tape internationally.

In 2003, the celebratory script of her "comic opera" was published by Sea Urchin Press in Holland. Called STINKFOOT, co-written with her husband, the late Vivian Stanshall, lead singer and songwriter of England's very beloved Bonzo Dog Band. STINKFOOT was produced twice: once for Ki's Showboat in Bristol's Floating Harbour, England, and once for London's West End. The show garnered glowing national reviews in the Times, the Guardian, and the Independent. She's also written for Cream Magazine, Ms Magazine, and Rolling Stone.

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