Shortlisted for the 2024 Novel London Literary Prize
Finalist, 2025 Chanticleer International Book Awards (Chaucer Division)

Iphigenia's true story lies beneath the songs of the bards and the whispers of Muses

As Greek warriors prepare for the Trojan War, Mycenaean princess Iphigenia is forced to endure the demands of angry gods and desperate kings. Separated from her mother and sister and exiled to an oppressive foreign land, she is bound by sacred duty to perform grim rituals that stain her hands and haunt her dreams.

Finally, after fourteen long years, she discovers an opportunity to escape and must decide if her longed-for home and stolen life are still worth fighting for.

This is a tale of survival, identity, and the eternal quest for belonging.

The Death and Life of Iphigenia will captivate fans of historical fiction and myth, as J. Susanne Wilson brings to light the inner strength and enduring courage of a woman who refuses to be forgotten.