After a trip to Sicily, freelance writer Mary Knight was inspired to combine her love of food, gardens, history and travel into a book. But “The Sicilian Sorceress,” the first novel for the longtime Ocean Beach resident, is unexpected, in that it is a historical fiction book with time travel.
” For the next five months, Knight was busy with classes during the day and hanging out with her two British roommates in the evenings. Since her roommates had jobs, they went separate ways on weekends. Knight said she would get on a train and travel to another town or even to Germany or Amsterdam, staying in youth hostels along the way. She sometimes traveled with strangers who became friends. “It was just a fun experience,” she said.