Paula Harmon is the author of six historical mystery novels featuring strong, determined (and sometimes downright pigheaded) women. One of these 'Death In the Last Reel' was short-listed for the Selfies Prize in 2022. She also has two co-written series with Liz Hedgecock, a historical mystery series and a contemporary cozy mystery series. In addition, Paula has published novellas, collections of short fiction and a children's book all of which cover a variety of genres. Paula lives in Dorset and is a committee member for the Blandford Literary Festival, which held its first major event in 2019 and has had spin-off events since. She was born in North London to parents of English, Scottish and Irish descent. Perhaps feeling the need to add a Welsh connection, her father relocated the family every two years from country town to country town moving slowly westwards until they settled in South Wales when Paula was eight. She later graduated from Chichester University before making her home in Gloucestershire and then Dorset. She is married with two adult children, but she retains the ambition she's had since childhood which is to meet a dragon one day. In the hope of keeping any shy, but literate dragons on side, Paula generally tries to include one somehow in most of her books, even as just a reference. She always has several writing projects underway and wonders where the housework fairies are, because the house is a mess and she can’t think why.