About

Author Andrea Pickens (Cara Elliott)

I started creating books at the age of five, or so my mother tells me. And she has the proof–a neatly penciled story, the pages lavishly illustrated with full color crayon drawings of horses and bound with staples–to back up her claim. I have since moved on from Westerns to writing about Regency England a time and place that has captured my imagination ever since I opened the covers of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” (Clearly I have a thing for Men In Boots!)

I have a BA and an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University, where I studied book design (As you see, I’ve always had a left brain-right brain love affair with art and the printed word.) These days, when I’m not tethered to my keyboard I enjoy traveling to interesting destinations around the world-. However, my favorite spot is London, where the esoteric museums, funky antique markets and used book stores offer a wealth of inspiration for my stories.

(p.s. I also write Regency-set mysteries as Andrea Penrose)