Andrea Barrett/ Voyage of the Narwhal

Just finished this, and I must say that Andrea Barrett is an extraordinarily talented writer. The Voyage of the Narwhal must have involved very extensive research. She won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1996 with a book called Ship Fever. Before and after that award she wrote a number of novels. Frankly, I had never heard of her. She seems to have a penchant for weaving together plots that combine historical and fictional characters.
I might go into AbeBooks and buy second hand copies of a couple of her books.