Ann Victoria Roberts hit the national headlines as ‘The Housewife Who Wrote a Bestseller,’ when her first historical novels, Louisa Elliott and Liam’s Story sold in the USA for just short of a million dollars. Published by Chatto & Windus and Pan in the UK, Louisa Elliott was shortlisted in 1989 for the prestigious RNA award, while Ann’s fifth novel, The Master’s Tale, based on the life of Capt Smith of the Titanic, gained the Rubery Award for independently published books in 2012. Born in York, Ann is married to Captain Peter Roberts, Master of the National Heritage Steamship, Shieldhall, and now lives in Southampton.
Louisa Elliott
Liam’s Story
Dagger Lane
Moon Rising