Tasha Alexander

Tasha Alexander is an American author who writes New York Times bestselling historical mystery fiction.
* She was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1969.
* She studied English Literature and Medieval History at the University of Notre Dame.
* After graduating, she worked as a marketing copywriter in New York City.
* In 2002, she started work on her first novel, And Only to Deceive, after being inspired by a passage in Dorothy L. Sayers's Gaudy Night.
* The book was published in 2005 and launched her career as a bestselling author.
* Alexander has since written nine more novels in the Lady Emily series, as well as the standalone novel Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
* Her books have been translated into over 20 languages.
* She lives in Chicago with her husband, British novelist Andrew Grant.