Alison Goodman

Alison Goodman is a Melbourne based writer of crime, fantasy and historical fiction. She is the author of nine novels including her most recent release The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin, the second book in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series. The first book in the series, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, won the 2024 Readers’ Choice Davitt Award and was a Washington Post and an Amazon Best Mystery Book of 2023.  Alison’s novels also include the award-winning Lady Helen dark fantasy trilogy, and EON and EONA, a New York Times bestselling fantasy duology. Alison holds a PhD focusing on creative writing, historical research and the Regency era and is currently working on the third novel in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series. She is fueled by strong coffee and air-fried chips, and will travel a long way for a good high tea.