韋斯利•史戴西（Wesley Stace)

齣生於英格蘭南部哈斯丁斯，就讀於劍橋大學，目前定居紐約。他的另一個身份是民謠歌手兼作麯傢約翰•韋斯利•哈丁（John Wesley Harding）。本書是他的第一部著作，由他所創作的Miss Fortune一麯擴展而成。

2005年，美國三大文學代理公司之一的威廉•莫裏斯在法蘭剋福書展上重磅推薦《玫瑰的性彆》，小布朗齣版社（Little Brown）隨即砸重金宣傳。《玫瑰的性彆》不負眾望，法國版發行後不久即占據法國暢銷文學排行榜第一名達六周之久，接著獲評《華盛頓郵報》年度最佳小說，並於2005年底躋身亞馬遜年度最佳小說之列。

On a moonlit night on the outskirts of London, Lord Geoffroy Loveall findsthe answer to his prayers: an abandoned baby, somehow still alive amid thejunk of a rubbish heap. Rescuing the infant from certain death, Lord Geoffroy adopts her as his only child, heir to the fabulous Love Hall fortune. He names her Rose in memory of his long-dead sister and gives hera childhood of unparalleled gaiety and unstinting pleasure. But every house has a secret, and as Rose approaches adolescence, the secret of Love Hall becomes impossible to hide. As much as Lord Geoffroy wanted a daughter, the baby he brought home is, in fact, a boy. As a flock