A tale of resilience and adventure.

The year is 1800 when Louis-Charles, only fifteen years old, arrives in Montréal. Known to everyone as Charles, he has escaped France aboard the ill-fated packet ship Freedom. Rescued by Basque fishermen, Charles is taken to the port of Montréal and left there to fend for himself as he bears the heavy secret of his true identity. A story of adventure, resilience, and historical mystery, The King of Montréal takes place in one of North America’s most beautiful cities.

Daniela I. Norris is a former diplomat, turned political writer, and with age and wisdom - inspirational author, hypnotherapist and speaker. Her award-winning stories, articles and essays have been published in magazines and anthologies, and her last six titles of fiction and non-fiction all published with Collective Ink. Her latest YA novel, The King of Montréal, is out from Lodestone Books, Collective Ink, in 2025.


Daniela lives with her family in Montréal, Canada, where she enjoys sub-zero temperatures in the winter and Poutine, a Quebec speciality, year-round. She is on the jury of several literary awards and is a founding member of the International Grief Council (www.internationalgriefcouncil.org) and the Inspired Writing Retreat near Geneva, Switzerland.


Daniela is very active in the international writing community and is a member of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists (UK), The Society of Authors (UK), the Canadian Writers' Union and the Quebec Writers Federation. She is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the UK charity Children of Peace https://www.childrenofpeace.org.uk/