The Ship in the Hill
William L. Sullivan is the author of three novels and a dozen nonfiction books. He completed his B.A. degree in English at Cornell University under Alison Lurie, studied linguistics at Germany's Heidelberg University, and earned an M.A. in German at the University of Oregon. He reads in a dozen languages, including Danish, Norwegian, and Old Norse. He undertook seven voyages to Scandinavia while researching Nordics agas and Viking history for The Ship in the Hill.