Olivia Lorenz

Olivia lives in the county of Yorkshire in the north of England. She was formerly a Classical archaeologist and has excavated sites in the UK and Greece. She's published a number of academic articles and books, and has been writing fiction for fun since she and her friends used to swap stories at the back of English class. An award-winning slash writer, her stories have been translated into several languages.

A former resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, her dubious claim to fame is that she used to go for coffee in Nicholson’s at the same time as J K Rowling was writing the first Harry Potter book on the other side of the room.

She speaks a number of dead languages with varying degrees of fluency, and travels extensively in search of inspiration for her stories. When not writing, she enjoys ogling Cantonese actors in Hong Kong films, playing with her animals, or visiting English Heritage properties. She loves baking and is attempting to become a domestic goddess a la Nigella Lawson.

Like many other writers and those who spend long hours in front of the computer, Olivia suffers from back pain. She'd like to give a shout-out to her chiropractor Dr Aidan Robinson, who is a top guy and demands to be written into her next book whenever she goes to have her bones realigned. Seriously, though, Dr Robinson and his team are great, so if you're looking for a chiropractic clinic in the north-east of England, this is it: ITRM Chiropractic Clinic Ltd.