Since then she has kept up her fascination with all of the radical new ideas and swirling silk outfits of the era. It was when she read Pride and Prejudice for the first time that she began to fall in love with Regency England. She says that in a way she has always had a left and right brain love affair with the printed page.
in graphic design, with a concentration in publication design. in art and went on to attend the Yale School of Art and graduate with an M.F.A. She says that she took enough history classes while there to qualify to have a major in history too. She also notes that she has been a history geek since grade school, always having had a fascination with the past.Īndrea attended Yale University, where she majored in art as an undergrad. However, Andrea was happy playing in her own world, coming up with stories and drawing pictures.
She has been a voracious reader ever since she was young and has had a vivid imagination, to the extent that she says that she may have worried her parents sometimes. This includes receiving two Daphne Du Maurier Awards for Historical Mystery and two Gold Leaf Awards.Īndrea says that books have been an important part of her life since always. She has been a finalist for the RITA Award multiple times and has received many other writing awards. She has had her works published all over the world and translated into ten languages. Andrea Penrose is a USA Today bests-selling author known for writing historical fiction set in the Regency era, such as her Wrexford & Sloane series of mystery novels.Īndrea also writes Regency romance stories using the pen names of Andrea Pickens and Cara Elliott.
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