Paula Harmon was born in north London but her life as a country girl began at eighteen months when the family started moving westwards from small town to village before settling in South Wales when she was eight.
Graduating from Chichester University (Bishop Otter College) with a BA in English Literature and despite a determination not to, she ended up with a career in the civil service.
She wrote prolifically until adult life and children, got in the way. It was not until 2015 that she started writing seriously again.
Writing is probably the best therapy she could have had and believes it’s never too late to follow your dream.
Her short stories may be contemporary and real or include dragons, angst ridden teenagers, portals and civil servant
I am the daughter of an Italian-American avid reader and an Arkansas farm boy turned world traveler. In college, I majored in English with no clue as to how I meant to support myself, eventually earning an M.A. and becoming an English teacher. Published by Poisoned Pen Press, my Regency mysteries follow the exploits of a Bow Street Runner (a pre-Scotland Yard detective), an unconventional lady, and a melancholic lawyer.
These days I'm excited to be launching a new series set half a century later in 1861 when women wore enormous crinoline petticoats, Queen Victoria was about to become the Widow of Windsor, and Britannia ruled the waves. Safe in Death introduces Esther Hardy, a "redundant" spinster who finds her calling as a detective.
