TESSA ARLEN is the USA Today bestselling author of IN ROYAL SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, a novel of Marion Crawford, nanny to the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and the first royal servant to kiss and tell.

Tessa’s latest historical fiction is A DRESS OF VIOLET TAFFETA, a novel of Lucy Duff Gordon the Belle Epoque fashion legend and Titanic survivor.

Other novels include the Lady Montfort historical mystery series set in 1900s England, and the Poppy Redfern, a Woman of WWII series.

Tessa lives with her family in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she gardens in summer and writes in winter.