J. G. Lewis grew up in a Regency-era house in London, England. She spent her childhood visiting nearby museums and watching the mounted regiment ride down her street. She came to the U.S. for college and stayed for the sunshine.

A USA Today bestselling novelist, she didn’t delve into historical fiction until she discovered genealogy and the impressive cast of potential characters in her family history. Once she realized how many fascinating historical figures are all but forgotten, she decided to breathe life into them again by creating stories for them to inhabit.

The Ela of Salisbury series features the formidable Ela Longespée, wife of King Henry II’s illegitimate son William. The widowed mother of eight children, Ela served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire and castellan of Salisbury and ultimately founder and abbess of Lacock Abbey.

The Margaret of Scotland series explores the life of the daughter of Edward the Exile, raised in Hungary and married to Malcolm III of Scotland shortly after the Norman conquest. Many people know she became Saint Margaret a century after her death, but not that many know that she actively worked to free those enslaved and held prisoner in the aftermath of the conquest.

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