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	<TITLE>Katharine McMahon, national bestselling and award-winning author of The Rose of Sebastopol, The Crimson Rooms and Season of Light</TITLE> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="Katharine, McMahon, author, novel, books, Rose, Sebastopol, official, Alchemist, Season, Light, romance, romantic, historical, writer, history, books, book, writer, readers, Crimson, rooms, Katherine,"> <META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Welcome to the official website of Katharine McMahon, author of The Rose of Sebastopol (chosen for Richard and Judy's Book Club 2008), The Crimson Rooms and The Alchemist's Daughter."> <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="INDEX,FOLLOW"& gt;