Mary Bly | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Minnesota, U.S. |
| Pen name | Eloisa James |
| Occupation | Professor, novelist |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Oxford University (M.Phil) Yale University (PhD) |
| Period | 1999–present |
| Genre | Historical romance, specifically regency romance and Georgian romance nonfiction |
| Subject | English literature |
| Spouse | Alessandro Vettori |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Robert Bly (father) Carol Bly (mother) |
| Website | |
| eloisajames | |
Eloisa James is the pen name of Mary Bly (born 1962). She is a tenured Shakespeare professor at Fordham University who also writes best-selling Regency and Georgian romance novels under her pen name. Her novels are published in 30 countries and have sold approximately 7 million copies worldwide. She also wrote a bestselling memoir about the year her family spent in France, Paris in Love.
She is the daughter of poet Robert Bly and short-story author Carol Bly.[1]