Lynn Messina

Lynn Messina
Born	Lynn Messina 1972 Long Island, United States
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Period	2003-present
Genre	Regency Mystery, Romance, Young Adult, Children’s Literature
Website
www.lynnmessina.com

Lynn Messina is an American author ^[1] of more than two dozen books ^[2] including her cozy mystery series set in England during the Regency era featuring sleuth Beatrice Hyde-Clare.

Biography

Messina grew up on Long Island, New York. Her first job was a papergirl delivering Newsday newspapers after school. She co-edited her high school yearbook and newspaper.

At Washington University in St. Louis, she studied English Literature and Women Studies, spending her junior year studying at King's College London. After graduating she moved to Manhattan and worked as an editorial assistant at Avalon Books and the Museum of Television and Radio (now the Paley Center for Media).

She became a freelance copyeditor for magazines to focus on writing books. Red Dress Ink published her first novel Fashionistas, about scheming editors at a fashion magazine which became a bestseller, translated into 15 languages, and briefly optioned by producer Christine Peters as a vehicle for Lindsay Lohan. ^[3] When Fashionistas was mentioned in Women’s Wear Daily, Messina lost her regular gig at InStyle . ^[4]

She published four more novels with legacy publishers including Harcourt and HarperCollins before finding success as an independent author with Prejudice & Pride ^[5] and her Beatrice Hyde-Clare cozies ^[6] set in Regency-era England and the Verity Lark spin-off mysteries. ^[7] A Brazen Curiosity, the first Beatrice Hyde-Clare mystery, has also been published in translation by Harashobo ^[8] (Japanese), Les Escales ^[9] (French), Knihy Dobrovský ^[10] (Czech), Aula & Co. ^[11] (Finnish), Thiele Verlag ^[12] (German), Pioneer (Hungarian), and Znak ^[13] (Polish).

Other books she has published under the Potatoworks imprint include Girls’ Guide to Dating Zombies and the Love Takes Root series.

Her influences include Elizabeth Peters, Dorothy L. Sayers, Georgette Heyer, Baroness Orczy, Douglas Coupland, and Tom Stoppard.

Books

• A Lark's Release (A Verity Lark Mystery, #4) (2024) ^[14]
• A Vicious Machination (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #12) (2024) ^[15]
• A Lark's Conceit (A Verity Lark Mystery, #3) (2024) ^[16]
• A Murderous Tryst (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #11) (2023) ^[17]
• A Lark's Flight (A Verity Lark Mystery, #2) (2023) ^[18]
• An Extravagant Duplicity (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #10) (2023) ^[19]
• A Lark's Tale (A Verity Lark Mystery, #1) (2022) ^[20]
• An Ominous Explosion (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #9) (2022) ^[21]
• A Malevolent Connection (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #8) (2021) ^[22]
• A Ghastly Spectacle (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #7) (2021) ^[23]
• A Boldly Daring Scheme (BH-C Universe, #6.5) (2020) ^[24]
• A Sinister Establishment (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #6) (2020) ^[25]
• A Treacherous Performance (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #5) (2019) ^[26]
• A Nefarious Engagement (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #4) (2019) ^[27]
• Violet Venom's Rules for Life (2018)
• An Infamous Betrayal (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries, #3) (2018) ^[28]
• A Scandalous Deception (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #2) (2018) ^[29]
• A Brazen Curiosity (A Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery, #1) (2018) ^[30]
• The Impertinent Miss Templeton (Love Takes Root, #5) (2018) ^[31]
• Prejudice & Pride (2015) ^[32]
• Winner Takes All (2015)
• The Bolingbrook Chit (Love Takes Root, #4) (2015) ^[33]
• The Fellingham Minx (Love Takes Root, #3) (2014)
• Miss Fellingham's Rebellion (Love Takes Root, #2.5) (2014) ^[34]
• The Other Harlow Girl (Love Takes Root, #2) (2014) ^[35]
• The Harlow Hoyden (Love Takes Root, #1) (2014) ^[36]
• Henry and the Incredibly Incorrigible, Inconveniently Intelligent Smart Human (2012) ^[37]
• Bleak (2012) ^[38]
• The Girls' Guide to Dating Zombies (2012) ^[39]
• Little Vampire Women (2010) ^[40]
• Savvy Girl (2008) ^[41]
• Mim Warner's Lost Her Cool (2005) ^{[42] [43]}
• Never on a Sundae (2004)
• Tallulahland (2004) ^[44]
• Fashionistas (2003) ^{[45] [46]}

References

1. Bass, Debra D. 'Fashionistas' pushed first time novelist to the pink carpet. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 9, 2006, pB4
2. "Books by Lynn Messina (Author of A Brazen Curiosity)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
3. Fleming, Michael (2004-06-03). "Paramount has designs on Lohan pic". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
4. W. W. D. Staff (2003-02-28). "Memo Pad". WWD. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
5. Kubitschek, Missy Dehn (2003). "Truths Universally Acknowledged: Stereotypes of Women in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813)" . Women in Literature: 237–239. doi:10.5040/9781440881664.0080.
6. Anne | (2022-12-16). "Lynn Messina: A Brazen Curiosity – Regency Reader" . Retrieved 2025-01-11.
7. Barbara (2023-10-25). "A Lark's Tale by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
8. "原書房". www.harashobo.co.jp. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
9. © Copyright © 2024 Lisez!, un site du groupe Editis. "Les Escales, tous les livres de la maison d'édition | Lisez!". Lisez! (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
10. KnihyDobrovsky.cz (2025-01-14). "Knihy Dobrovský | Vaše (nejen) online knihkupectví s tradicí". Knihy Dobrovský (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-01-11.
11. "Etusivu". Aula & Co (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-11.
12. "Thiele Verlag |". www.thiele-verlag.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
13. "Wydawnictwo Znak – To Twój Znak". www.wydawnictwoznak.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-11.
14. Barbara (2024-10-23). "Review: A Lark's Release: A Regency Cozy by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
15. Barbara (2024-06-27). "A Vicious Machination by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
16. Barbara (2024-03-13). "A Lark's Conceit by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
17. Barbara (2023-10-21). "A Murderous Tryst by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
18. Barbara (2023-10-27). "A Lark's Flight by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
19. Barbara (2023-01-07). "An Extravagant Duplicity by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
20. Barbara (2023-10-25). "A Lark's Tale by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
21. Barbara (2022-08-16). "An Ominous Explosion by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
22. Publishing, RoseLark (2021-11-19). "Book Review: A Malevolent Connection". roselarkpublishing. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
23. "Reviews - A Ghastly Spectacle | The StoryGraph". app.thestorygraph.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
24. "Reviews - A Boldly Daring Scheme | The StoryGraph". app.thestorygraph.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
25. Barbara (2021-10-15). "A Sinister Establishment by Lynn Messina". Flippin' Pages Book Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
26. Helen (2019-11-14). "Review: A Treacherous Performance". Royal Reviews. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
27. Anne | (2023-05-28). "Lynn Messina: A Nefarious Engagement – Regency Reader" . Retrieved 2025-01-12.
28. "Review: An Infamous Betrayal". Miss Lawrence is Hearing Things. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
29. "Review: A Scandalous Deception: A Regency Cozy". Miss Lawrence is Hearing Things. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
30. "Review: A Brazen Curiosity: A Regency Cozy". Miss Lawrence is Hearing Things. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
31. Anne | (2018-10-30). "Lynn Messina: The Impertinent Miss Templeton – Regency Reader" . Retrieved 2025-01-12.
32. "Truths Universally Acknowledged: Stereotypes of Women in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813)". www.bloomsburycollections.com. doi:10.5040/9781440881664.0080 . Retrieved 2025-01-12.
33. "Guest Review: The Bolingbroke Chit by Lynn Messina". Book Binge. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
34. "Reviews - Miss Fellingham's Rebellion | The StoryGraph". app.thestorygraph.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
35. Erin (2019-02-26). "Review: The Other Harlow Girl by Lynn Messina (2014)". The Smut Report. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
36. Erin (2019-02-13). "Review: The Harlow Hoyden by Lynn Messina (2014)". The Smut Report. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
37. comments, Betsy Bird 4 (2012-12-31). "Review of the Day: Henry and the Incredibly Incorrigible, Inconveniently Intelligent Smart Human by Lynn Messina". A Fuse #8 Production. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
38. "Lindsay Lohan's 'Fashionistas': a 'Bleak' experience for the author". EW.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
39. Lynn Messina Offers The Girls' Guide to Dating Zombies Dread Central
40. Tribune, Chicago (2010-10-27). "Review "Little Vampire Women," "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
41. Schreiber, Beth Gallaway (2006-07-22). "Savvy Girl by Lynn Messina". Hip Librarians Book Blog. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
42. "Fiction Reviews: Mim Warner's Lost Her Cool", Publishers Weekly, 02/28/2005
43. "EW reviews the latest in chick lit". EW.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
44. "Fiction Reviews: Tallulahland", Publishers Weekly, 11/17/2003
45. "Fashionistas", Kirkus Reviews
46. "Fiction Reviews: Fashionistas", Publishers Weekly, 01/27/2003

External links

• Official Site