Syrie James

Syrie James, hailed by Los Angeles Magazine as “the queen of nineteenth century re-imaginings,” is the bestselling author of five critically acclaimed novels: The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë (2011 Audie Romance Award; Great Group Read, Women’s National Book Association); The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (Best First Novel & Editors’ Fall Pick, Library Journal); Nocturne (Best Book of 2011, The Romance Reviews, Suspense Magazine, and Austenesque Reviews); Dracula, My Love; and Forbidden, a YA paranormal romance that she co-wrote with her son, Ryan M. James. Syrie’s books have been translated into 18 foreign languages. Her short story leads the anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It. A lifetime member of JASNA, RWA, and WGA, Syrie has sold 19 screenplays to film and television, and her adaptation of her Brontë novel, CHARLOTTE BRONTË, is currently in development for a motion picture. Her next novel, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen, will be published by Berkley/Penguin Books in January 2013. Visit Syrie on facebook, Twitter, and at syriejames.com.