Inspired by ancient biographies of Chinese court jesters, Beatrice's first book was Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester Around the World, which won the American Association of Publishers Award for Outstanding Book of the Year in its class. She's always loved books and remembers leafing through them even before she could read. Some children's picture and story books, and vivid Time-Life photographic books. In addition to reading and writing all she can, she is on a mission to highlight bright writing, creating a website to celebrate thousands of moving, striking or amusing quotations and fresh, original phrasing and metaphors, along with the books in which she found them: https://www.writingredux.com. Her reviews on Goodreads are all 5-star because she hasn't the patience to comment on those that don't hit her 'bestellar' standards. She is now working on a series of adventure stories featuring a fool. This is a new experience as she hasn't written fiction since she was a child - fantastically liberating - you don't need compelling arguments and evidence, just an imagination roaming freely. See also: https://beatriceotto.com