Writer and historian Beverley Adams holds a Masters Degree in English and has written several non-fiction titles for Pen and Sword Books, including The Rebel Suffragette: The Life of Edith Rigby, Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer and her first Tudor book The Forgotten Tudor Royal, Margaret Douglas: Grandmother to King James VI/I. Her work focuses on bringing the lives of inspirational women back to life and her upcoming books include The Tragic Life of Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth of York and the Birth of the Tudor Dynasty. She is passionate about local history and has contributed numerous articles for her local press as well as The Historians Magazine. She lives in Lancashire.