Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling Child of the Morning, The Eagle and the Raven, her fantasy novel Stargate, and her Egyptian trilogies, Lords of the Two Lands and The King's Man.
In 1956, Gedge attended the Oxford Central School for Girls, studying chemistry, violin, piano, and recorders.
She tried to write contemporary mainstream fiction in the early 1970s and then gave up, turning to ancient Egypt for inspiration.
[3] She based her first published novel, Child of the Morning, on the historical figure of Hatshepsut, one of Egypt's few female pharaohs.
[5] Gedge's ex-husband, Bernie Ramanauskas, helped to provide the historical research for many of her later novels.