About the author
About Elizabeth
Author
About the author
Regency stories with impeccable research
I write Regency stories because I love them. I decided to get serious about writing these when my Regency novella, A Generous Heart, won the RWA Ruby Award (maybe the universe was sending me a message). I came late to writing in this genre, and for many years before that I wrote for children as Pamela Freeman and mystery novels plus early 20th Century novels as Pamela Hart. I started out in the Regency writing romances.
Now I’m bringing my mystery writing together with a thread of romance in a Regency murder mystery which will be out in 2026. A classic country house mystery set in 1814: Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie, you might say!
A passion for history
My Story
Elizabeth Leydin was my great-grandmother, and I have her dressing table in my bedroom. Elizabeth is my second name, and it was my mother’s middle name too; a family tradition. My plan was to name any daughter I had Elizabeth, but I had a son, so the name was free for me to use when I decided to write Regencies.
Why the Regency for both mystery and romance? Well, when I first started reading adult books, my wonderful local librarian steered me towards Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer. I loved them both, and it’s so much fun bringing those two genres together!
If you’re interested in the history side of Regency, and in the weird and wonderful ways people lived then, you might like my blog/newsletter, which you can find here. (You can read it on an ad hoc basis, or subscribe, but if you subscribe you get a free novella, Lost & Found.) I hope you enjoy it!
I’ve been writing historical novels set in various periods for almost twenty years now, and I’m a bit obsessive about research. But research always has to be used in service to the story and for the pleasure of the readers, not their education! (If you’re interested in research, have a look at my weekly videos on Regency personalities, fashion and technology!)
unique Regency stories
omnibus collections
years writing history
Praise for Elizabeth Leydin
Awards
A Generous Heart
RWA Ruby Award
2022
The War Bride
as Pamela Hart
Shortlisted for Romantic Novelists’ Association (UK) Epic Romance Award
Shortlisted for RWA Ruby Award for Long Form Romance
The Captain and the Lady
Shortlisted for RWA Ruby Best Novella
NSW Premier's History Prize
2007
Contact Elizabeth Leydin
Appearances and more
The best place to contact me is on my Substack blog. I am active on social media and I would love to connect with you there. To contact my agent or write me a message, visit my contact page.