Liz Harris

Author of historical and contemporary novels
Novelist
Available for:
Festivals and other events, Library visits, Workshops

Bio

Born in London, Liz Harris graduated from university with a Law degree, and then moved to California, where she led a varied life, from waitressing on Sunset Strip to working as secretary to the CEO of a large Japanese trading company.
 
Six years later, she returned to London and completed a degree in English, after which she taught secondary school pupils, first in Berkshire, then Cheshire, and then in Oxfordshire.
 
In addition to the nineteen novels she’s had published, she’s had several short stories in anthologies and magazines. Liz now lives in Windsor, Berkshire. An active member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Historical Novel Society, her interests are travel, the theatre, reading and cryptic crosswords.
 
To find out more about Liz, visit her website at: www.lizharrisauthor.com. You can sign up to her monthly newsletter from her website, and as a thank-you gift, you’ll receive a free book, Word Perfect, a romance set in California.
 
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Writing history

Liz Harris is the author of the historical novels THE ROAD BACK (US Coffee Time & Romance Book of the Year 2012) and A BARGAIN STRUCK (shortlisted for the RoNA Historical 2013). They and THE LOST GIRL and A WESTERN HEART were shortlisted for Best Historical Romance by The Festival of Romance. (GOLDEN TIGER, the second edition of THE LOST GIRL, was published in 2023.)

In addition are contemporary novels, EVIE UNDERCOVER, THE ART OF DECEPTION, THE BEST FRIEND and WORD PERFECT.

THE DARK HORIZON, THE FLAME WITHIN and THE LENGTHENING SHADOW, set between the wars, comprise The Linford Collection, which was followed by The Colonials – DARJEELING INHERITANCE, COCHIN FALL, HANOI SPRING and SIMLA MIST.

The second edition of THE ROAD BACK appeared in August 2022, followed by IN A FAR PLACE. A second edition of A BARGAIN STRUCK was published in 2023.

Upcoming projects

Series:  Three Sisters

The Loose Thread  (to be published early 2024)

The Silken Knot  (to be published mid 2024)

Yet to be named (To be published 2025)

German translations 

Am Tagesende  (The Dark Shadow)

Die Wiederkehr  (The Flame Within)

Im Dämmerlicht  (The Lengthening Shadow)

Eine Erbschaft in Darjeeling  (Darjeeling Inheritance)

Liebe und Verrat in Cochin  (Cochin Fall)