E.S. (Liz) Alexander was born in St. Andrews, Scotland in 1954, although her family moved to England a few years later. She will swear to you that she was born with a pencil in her hand and thinks of books variously as her travel agent, time machine, and therapist. One of her earliest memories is of producing a newspaper with the John Bull printing set she was given one Christmas. At age 16, Liz wrote, directed, and starred in her first play, Osiris, based on the Ancient Egyptian myth. Early on in her writing career she wrote short stories featuring a private detective for a newspaper in Scotland. She has had a successful freelance journalism career across three continents, writing for publications in the U.K., United States, and Malaysia.
Liz has written and co-authored over a dozen award-winning non-fiction books—most of them mainstream published. It was only after she half-heartedly "retired" to Malaysia in 2017 that Liz decided to embark on the only form of writing she had not yet tackled: fiction. Her debut historical novel, Lies That Blind, was published in October 2021 by Penguin Random House SEA.
