Eileen Putman

I'm a Regency buff. That's the period in England between 1811 and 1820, when Mad George was on the throne (George III, of "Hamilton" fame). His illnesses led to the Prince of Wales being named Regent, to act in his stead. It’s a fascinating time, when social strictures aimed at privileging the social elite stood in sharp contrast with advances in science, technology and trade that threatened to make the aristocrats irrelevant.

My British and Regency historical romances have inspired my research trips to England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Spain and other countries — there being no substitute for stepping on the soil that Beau Brummell and his champagne-polished Hessians once trod. (Brummell was the arbiter of Regency style who unwisely sealed his banishment when he called the Prince “fat.”)

My historical series, Maitland’s Rogues, features an extraordinary group of quirky rogues working clandestinely during the Napoleonic Wars. Hardened and deadly, they have no use for love—until it ensnares them. My Love in Disguise series of Regency romances features daring masquerades, when nothing is as it seems.

I’ve won a few awards—the Holt Medallion, the Award of Excellence from the Colorado Romance Writers Association, and the National Readers' Choice Award—but the true test of any writer is what you, the readers, think.

Happy reading!

Eileen