Sarah Clegg has a PhD in the ancient history of Mesopotamia from Cambridge University, and reads Sumerian, Akkadian, Arabic, Greek and Latin. Her fascination with Lamashtu began with her BA thesis at Oxford. She has been researching these monsters and their demonic tradition ever since. Clegg was selected as one of the 2020/21 cohort of the London Library Emerging Writers Programme. She is passionate about bringing ancient history to a wider audience, and has run courses for adults and children about history and ancient languages. She lives in London.
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