Ann Victoria Roberts

Ann Victoria Roberts hit national headlines as, 'The Housewife Who Wrote a Bestseller,' when her first two historical novels, LOUISA ELLIOTT and LIAM'S STORY sold in the USA for a record sum. Published by Chatto & Windus in the UK, and translated into seven languages, LOUISA ELLIOTT was shortlisted in 1989 for the prestigious RNA award. Now independently published, both novels are available in print and ebook format. Ann's fifth novel, THE MASTER'S TALE, based on the life of Capt EJ Smith of the 'Titanic', gained the Rubery Award for independently published fiction in 2012. MOON RISING, set in 1880s Whitby & featuring Bram Stoker, author of 'Dracula', is now available as an ebook.Fascinated by parallels between past and present, and by the darker side of life and love, Ann has been praised for her ability to ‘move the reader into the past,’ and for the visual quality of her writing. Born in York, and married to a Master Mariner, Ann travelled widely aboard merchant ships when their children were young, and life at sea features in three of her five novels. She is a member of both the Society of Authors, and The Alliance of Independent Authors, and now lives in Southampton UK. See www.annvictoriaroberts.co.uk