Veronica Stallwood is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 novelist.

Stallwood was born in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. She now lives in a village south of Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

. She is the creator of Kate Ivory, novelist turned amateur detective

Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...

in Oxford.

Veronica Stallwood is the author of a series of novels set in Oxford and featuring writer of historical novels and often reluctant sleuth Kate Ivory. Many of the plots turn on events from the past in which Kate uses her skills in historical research to good effect. Stallwood is also the author of two non-series novels.