Eloisa James

Biography

Eloisa James is the pen-name of Mary Bly, a professor of English (specialising in Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama and Cultural and Linguistic Theory) at Fordham University.

Eloisa James was a 2009 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Best Historical Romance category with her novel Duchess By Night.

Author Series

Desperate Duchesses

1. Desperate Duchesses - June 2007, Avon
2. An Affair Before Christmas - December 2007, Avon
3. Duchess By Night - July 2008, Avon
4. When the Duke Returns - December 2008, Avon
5. This Duchess of Mine - June 2009, Avon
6. A Duke of Her Own - August 2009, Avon

The Duchess Quartet

1. Duchess in Love - December 2002, Avon
2. Fool for Love - August 2003, Avon
3. A Wild Pursuit - March 2004, Avon
4. Your Wicked Ways - April 2004, Avon

The Essex Sisters

1. Much Ado About You - January 2005, Avon
2. Kiss Me, Annabel - December 2005, Avon
3. The Taming of the Duke - April 2006, Avon
4. Pleasure For Pleasure - December 2006, Avon

Happily Ever Afters

1. A Kiss at Midnight - August 2010, Avon
2. When Beauty Tamed the Beast - February 2011, Avon

The Pleasures Trilogy

1. Potent Pleasures - August 1999, Delacorte
2. Midnight Pleasures - August 2000, Delacorte
3. Enchanting Pleasures - June 2001, Delacorte

Novellas

• "A Fool Again" in The One That Got Away, 2004 (Avon).
• “A Proper Englishwoman” in Talk Of The Ton, 2005 Berkeley Jove.

Omnibus

• The Lady Most Likely - December 2010, with Connie Brockway and Julia Quinn
• The One That Got Away - November 2004, with Victoria Alexander, Liz Carlyle, and Cathy Maxwell
• Talk Of The Ton - May 2005, with Rebecca Hagan Lee, Julia London, and Jacqueline Navin

Awards

• 2005 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Innovative Historical Romance

On the Web

• Eloisa James - author's main website
• Reading Romance - author's column for Barnes & Noble updated monthly
• Squawk Radio - blog with other authors

Editorials

• New York Times - A Fine Romance by Mary Bly, 2005

Interviews

• Eloisa James - Interview at KCRA Sacramento
• Eloisa James - Interview at Risky Regencies
• Eloisa James - Interview at A Romance Review
• Eloisa James - Interviwe at Writers Break
• Eloisa James - Interview at Crescent Blues
• Eloisa James - Interview at The Literary Project
• Eloisa James - Interview at New York Magazine
• Eloisa James - Interview at Writers News Weekly