Essie Fox
Essie Fox lives in Windsor, and Bow in East London. She has worked on the editorial side of magazine and book publishing, as a commercial designer – and now she is a full time writer, creating dark Victorian novels published by Orion Books. The Somnambulist, her debut, was shortlisted for the 2012 National Book Awards, and also featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club. Elijah’s Mermaid achieved excellent critical reviews. And now, The...
Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin grew up in London, with interludes in Manhattan and Brussels. The Times called her debut novel The Mathematics of Love “that rare thing, a book that works on every conceivable level”. It was shortlisted for many awards including the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book, and has been widely translated. Her bestselling second novel, A Secret Alchemy, was described by the Daily Mail as “powerful and utterly convincing”. Emma...
Jenny Barden
Jenny Barden is the author of The Lost Duchess, an Elizabethan adventure about a lady-in-waiting to the queen caught up in the tragedy behind the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. She has also written Mistress of the Sea, a love story within the audacious attack on the Spanish bullion supply that launched the career of Francis Drake. Both books are published by Ebury Press. Jenny is an active member of the HNS, having...
Jessie Burton
Jessie Burton’s first novel is called THE MINIATURIST, and it is set in Amsterdam in 1686. It focuses on two women’s very different journeys to find a slice of freedom in a repressive, judgmental society. There’s a trial, a hidden love, a miniaturist who predicts the fate of her customers, a parakeet called Peebo and a plan to escape to the sea. It is published by Picador in the UK in July 2014, and by Harper Collins in the USA...
Stephanie Renée dos Santos
Stephanie Renée dos Santos is a fiction and freelance writer, poet, and yoga instructor. She leads “Saraswati Writing & Yoga Workshops” in the United States and abroad. She’s published fiction in American Athenaeum and Lalitamba, and writes features for the Historical Novel Society and Historical Novel Review. Currently, she is nearing completion of her first art-related historical novel, Cut From The Earth, a story of Portuguese...
Alison Morton
Alison Morton writes Roman-themed alternative history thrillers with strong heroines. A ‘Roman nut’ since age 11, she has visited sites throughout Europe including the alma mater, Rome. Both INCEPTIO, the first in the Roma Nova series, which was also shortlisted for the 2013 International Rubery Book Award, and PERFIDITAS, the second in series, have been honoured with the B.R.A.G. Medallion. Alison’s third book SUCCESSIO came out in...
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