Tasha Alexander

Tasha Alexander (born Anastasia Gutting on December 1, 1969) is an American author of historical mystery fiction.

Biography Alexander was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, to Anastasia (Friel) and Gary Gutting, University of Notre Dame philosophy professors.

In 2002, while living in New Haven, Connecticut, she started work on her first novel after being inspired by a passage in Dorothy L. Sayers's Gaudy Night. Carolyn Marino at William Morrow acquired the book, And Only to Deceive, which was published in 2005 as the first installment of the Lady Emily series. After moving to Franklin, Tennessee, where Alexander wrote her second novel in a Starbucks coffeehouse, she moved to Chicago, where in 2010 she married British crime novelist Andrew Grant, brother of bestselling author Lee Child.

In 2007, according to Library Journal, Minotaur Books "lured her away" from William Morrow.

The Lady Emily series The Lady Emily series, set in a time between the 1890s and 1900s and spanning across cities throughout Europe, follows the adventures of Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves.

Novels and short stories The Lady Emily series No. Year Novel ISBN (William Morrow) 01. 2005 And Only to Deceive ISBN 02. 2007 A Poisoned Season ISBN 03. 2008 A Fatal Waltz ISBN 03.05 2009 "The Bridal Strain" ISBN — (none) — No. Year Novel ISBN (Minotaur Books) 04. 2009 Tears of Pearl ISBN 05. 2010 Dangerous to Know ISBN 06. 2011 A Crimson Warning ISBN 07. 2012 Death in the Floating City ISBN 08. 2013 Behind the Shattered Glass ISBN 09. 2014 The Counterfeit Heiress ISBN 09.05 2014 "Star of the East" ISBN 10. 2015 The Adventuress ISBN 10.05 2015 "That Silent Night" ISBN 11. 2016 A Terrible Beauty ISBN 12. 2017 Death in St. Petersburg ISBN 12.05 2018 "Amid the Winter's Snow" ISBN 13. 2018 Uneasy Lies the Crown ISBN 13.05 2019 "Upon the Midnight Clear" ISBN 14. 2020 In the Shadow of Vesuvius ISBN 15. 2021 The Dark Heart of Florence ISBN 16. 2022 Secrets of the Nile ISBN 17. 2023 A Cold Highland Wind ISBN

Non-Lady Emily short story works (Short stories appearing in anthology collections) "Preparations" – Kwik Krimes (2013; anthology edited by Otto Penzler) "Before a Bohemian Scandal" – Echoes of Sherlock Holmes (2016; anthology edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger) "[self-titled essay]" – Private Investigations (2020; anthology edited by Victoria Zackheim)

Miscellaneous works Elizabeth: The Golden Age, novelization, (2007); based on motion picture screenplay written by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst; published to coincide with release of 2007 film Elizabeth: The Golden Age, starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen.