Rosalind Miles (born Rosalind Mary Simpson on January 6, 1943) is an English author, historian, university lecturer, broadcaster, journalist, magistrate and activist who has written 23 works of fiction and non-fiction.
As a child, Miles suffered from polio, which she acquired at the age of four,[citation needed] causing her to undergo several months of treatment.
From the age of ten, Miles attended the King Edward VI High School for Girls,[1] where she obtained a working knowledge of Latin and Greek, along with a lifelong love of Shakespeare.
She has made many television appearances as a historian and commentator, including on CNN, PBS, and CBS.
As a journalist, her work has appeared in major newspapers across the English-speaking world, including The Washington Post.