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Georgette Heyer was born in Wimbledon, London, on August 16, 1902.
* She was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres.
* Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth.
* In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer.
* The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929.
* Heyer's novels were popular with readers and critics alike, and she was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1962 for The Grand Sophy.
* She died in London on July 4, 1974, at the age of 71.
* Heyer is considered one of the most important authors of Regency romance, and her novels continue to be popular today.