Elizabeth Hanbury began writing regency fiction in her spare time while juggling the demands of a young family and a career. She joined the Romantic Novelists Association New Writers Scheme in 2007 and, after receiving a glowing report on her submission, finally plucked up the courage to send the typescript to a publisher. When she received the acceptance letter shortly afterwards, she ate a whole bar of chocolate to calm her nerves, knowing she would now have to confess her secret scribbling habit to her family. Her debut novel, The Paradise Will, was published in April 2008 and she was a finalist for the 2008 Joan Hessayon RNA New Writers Award. Elizabeth lives in Staffordshire.