Elisabeth Storrs

Elisabeth Storrs is an Australian historical fiction author that is best known for the “Tale of Ancient Rome” series of novels. She had a long-standing interest in legends, myths, and history of the ancient world long before she became an author. She went to the University of Sydney from where she studied Classic and graduated with a degree in Arts Law. She got curious when she read about an Etruscan sarcophagus that depicted a couple in an eternal embrace which is how she discovered the legend of the wars between Republican Rome and the Etruscan Veii. It is from these stories that she got the inspiration she used to write the novels in her bestselling “A Tale of Ancient Rome” series. The debut novel of the series was the critically acclaimed “The Wedding Shroud” that she published in 2013 that went on to become one of her most popular works. She currently lives with her family in Sydney and has had quite a varied career as she has worked as a governance consultant, corporate lawyer, and solicitor. She once served as a director for Writing NSW and is a founder of the Australasia Historical Novel Society, an organization that runs the richest genre prize in the region.