Syrie James

SYRIE JAMES is the USA TODAY and Amazon bestselling author of 13 critically acclaimed novels published in 21 languages. Her books have hit many Best of the Year lists, received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus (“The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen”), been Library Journal Editor’s Picks of the Year (“The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen” and “Jane Austen’s First Love”) and won numerous other accolades including the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. “The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë” won the Audiobook Audie Award for Romance and was a Women’s National Book Association's Great Group Read. “Nocturne” was Barnes and Noble’s Romantic Read of the Week, Suspense Magazine’s Novel of the Year, and Bookbub’s Best Snowbound Romance. “Runaway Heiress,” book 1 of Syrie'd Dare to Defy series, was an Amazon bestseller in Victorian Historical Romance. In addition to historical fiction, contemporary and historical romance, and a passion for Jane Austen, Syrie loves paranormal romance, which led to some of her favorite writing experiences: “Dracula, My Love” and the YA series “Forbidden” which she co-wrote with her son Ryan James. A WGA member and life member of the Jane Austen Society, Syrie has sold numerous scripts to film and television, and has addressed audiences across the U.S. and in England as a keynote speaker. Also a playwright , Syrie's work has been produced in New York, California, and Canada. Visit Syrie at www.syriejames.com.