Christina Courtenay - Photographic Gallery

: Tiger Porten (Trade Winds)

: Storm över Högländerna

: Vientos Alisios (Trade Winds)

: Tormentas en las Tierras Altas

: Nieblas Mónzonicas

: El Beso Secreto de la Obscuridad

: El Suave Susurro de los Sueños

: El Kimono Escarlata

: The Inspiration behind Trade Winds

: Iinspiration for The Secret Kiss of Darkness

: The Inspiration behind Monsoon Mists

: New on Kindle

: Suzannah with Brigid Coady at the RoNAs, 2013

: Sue Moorcroft with Suzannah & Brigid Coady at the RoNAs, 2013

: 2013 RT Booklovers Convention Kansas City Poster

: The Silent Touch of Shadows Background

: Inspiration for Highland Storms

: Inspiration for the Scarlet Kimono

Background-chiyonofuji: Chiyonofuji Mitsugu

: Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, 58^th Yokozuna of Sumo

: Hina Dolls Lady Attendant

Travel-research: Raglan Castle seen from its highest viewpoint

Travel-research: Raglan Castle, the new gate

Travel-research: Raglan Castle, the oriel window

Travel-research: Plymouth Merchant's House

Travel-research: The Nice People in Plymouth Gave Me a Musket to Hold

Travel-research: How to Correctly Hold a Pikestaff

Travel-research: Meeting Highland Cattle with my Daughter

Travel-research: Tokyo Street Scene

Travel-research: Asukasa Temple

Travel-research: Himeji Castle

Travel-research: Dejima Main Street, Looking towards Nagasaki

Travel-research: Me with Model of Dejima

Travel-research: The Götheborg Moored at West India Dock, London

Travel-research: The Götheborg's Beautiful Aft View

Travel-research: Me on the deck of the Götheborg

Travel-research: The Rampant Lion Figurehead of the Götheborg

Travel-research: Viking Research image: Rune stone feaguring Odin's eight-legged horse, Sleipner

Travel-research: Viking Research: Longboat in Roskilde Viking Museum

Travel-research: Viking Research: Viking Museum Ribe - Denmark

Travel-research: Viking Research: Me standing next to a rune stone

Travel-research: Viking Research: Gold Torc, Historical Museum, Stockholm

: Writing Magazine Feature: Adventurous Heroines

: 2011 Big Red Read Awards Ceremony

: Can't Keep Up!

: Rochdale Gargoyles look down on Byron's Birthday Celebration

: Suzanne, Organiser of this Celebration of Byron's Birthday

: With Sarah Mallory in Rochdale

: Dancers in Costume

: Regency Musicians

: I Want One of These!

: The Impressive Courtroom

: Courtroom Windows

: Costume Demonstration

: Greyhound Motif on the Walls

: Clog Dancing

: Fans of Japanese Anime Dress the Part

: Cooks Get Down to Business at All Things Japanese

: Japanese Little Guy Made of Mochi and Strawberry

: Official Photo by Martina Lundby Rekaa

: RONA Awards Flowers

: Group photo from the RONA Awards

: With Fellow Choc-Liteers, Kate Johnson & Jane Lovering

: London Book Fair 2012

: RNA Summer Party

: Evonne Wareham at the 2012 RNA Summer Party

: Scenes from the Forest of Ae in Scotland Where We Spent a Lovely Weekend

: Guest - Margaret James

: New Auhor Pics!

: Special Guest - Carol Hedges

: Characters in Costume helped to set the scene at the 2012 HNS Conference

: Welcome to the 2012 HNS Conference

: My Certificate of Long Listing from the HNS

: The Silent Touch of Shadows Awarded Best Historical Read at Festival of Romance 2012

: With Sue Moorcroft, Last Year's Winner, Receiving Award for Best Historical Read

: The nominees (from left) - me, Liz Harris, Nicola Cornick, Jenny Barden, Jean Fullerton and Charlotte Betts, plus Sue Moorcroft

: 1,2,3 (from left) - Me, Liz Harris, Nicola Cornick, Jenny Barden

: Receiving the Award for Best Historical Read at the FoR from Sue Moorcroft, Last Year's Winner

: New on Kindle

: 2013 RT Booklovers Convention Kansas City One Sweet Ride

: 2013 RT Booklovers Convention Kansas City Decorated Lift Door

: 2013 RT Booklovers Convention Kansas City Part of the Choc Lit Team

: 2013 RT Booklovers Convention Kansas City Christina's Favourite Delegate, Milo

: At Club RT, a chance to meet readers

: Tights!

: CJ Hollenbach

: Chocolate Fountain - Heaven!

: A chance to wear my red slippers

: The Choc-Liteers

: Cinderella

: Signing at the giant book fair

: Heather Graham and Bobbi Smith

: At the Harlequin party

: Giant Book Fair

: Freaky Friday Party Girls

: Freaky Friday Party Table 2

: Freaky Friday Party Table 1

: Call Nurse Millie by Jean Fullerton

: Character Inspired Bookmarks for New England Rocks

: RNA Conference 2013 GIft Bags - All filled by our own fair hands

: Fourteen Chocliteers - Photo by Liie Lamb

: Elilzabeth Gouge Finalists - Kate Hall, Kate Johnson (winner) and Jacqui Cooper

: RNA Conference 2013 - Snacks in the kitchen before the Gala Ball

: Some Young Adult Readers from Heartlands High School

: Thrice daily live interview with Lotta on the EA stage

: Christina with Henri Nassjo

: Book signing here!

: Zombie on the loose!

: Radio interview overlooking Gothenburg harbour

: Being interviewed on the EA stage

: The EA stand was by far the most outstanding one there.

: The EA stage

: Chilling with Rebecca Chance

: Chrster Nylander

: Lill-Babs (Babro)

: Hentiette Guyland

: Christina with copies of Tiger Porten

: Christina with Jonas

: Visitors on the EA stand

: One of the Beautiful Rune Stones

: Viking Treasure

: Part of Visby Town Walls With Sea Outside

: Lill-Babs Here on Thursday

: View of Kalmar Harbour

: My clan chilling with Lill-Babs

: The Fab Bar at Hotell Wisby

: The Old House of a Vilby Merchant

: A Cobbled Street in Visby

: Me with My Friend Annika

: Nicer Than Your Average Do Not Disturb Sign

: Literary Wraps for Dinner

: View from Hotell Tylösand

: My Favourite Swedish Food - Chocolate Kisses!

: Book Signing Tonight!

: Amazing Glass Bar

: Glass Bathroom

: Swedish Bedside Lamp 2

: Alison Morton

: Shortlistees for Best Historical Read

: Saying thank you on behalf of the RNA

: With Liz Harris and Adrienne Vaughan at the fair

: With Sue Moorcroft and Jane Lovering at the fair

: With Liz Harris at the fair

: Getting in the spirit of historical reading, wearing my 1640s costume

: Jenny Barden, Liz Harris and John Jackson

: My historical reading

: Lifetime achievement award presented to the RNA

: Accepting an award on behalf of the RNA

: Author panel led by Louise Graham

: At the Romance Fair

: My historical reading

: Regaional variations in Swedish national costume

: With my new friend Lucky

: The lovely Camilla

: More stalls inside the Swedish Church

: Stalls inside the Swedish Church

: Christmas Fair stalls outside the Swedish Church

: Regional costumes from the county of Darlarna

: Torgny, Christer and Stefan

: Christina in traditional Swedish dress

: Pru from the Regency Bookshop in Surbiton, Surrey looked after us brilliantly

: Me, aged about 3 celebrating the festival of St Lucia

: The Gilded Fan is a Winner!

: Me with Darcy Bussell

: Me with Dr David Hessayon

: Group photo of all 2014 RoNA winners with Darcy Bussell

: Presenting flowers to the lovely Katie Fforde

: A Rose for me!

: Vientos Alisios (Trade Winds)

: With Laura

: At the Libros de Seda stall

: Rosa, Maria Jose and I

: Gordo the adorable dog

: Me at the Libreria Maite Stand

: One of the many historic buildings in Barcelona

: Laura and I

: Rosa at the Libros de Seda stand

: I want to live in this lovely yellow house

: Gorgeous windows

: A sunny courtyard to relax in

: Old and new street signs

: Love this gargoyle

: Lizards(?) crawling down Sagrada Familia

: Strange Sofa

: Me with Alison Morton and Sue Moorcroft

: The Koi Pond mat

: Korea was the featured country at the London Book Fair this year

: Voodoo Queen?

: Alligator Bites!

: Even dogs were allowed to dress up

: Heroes and Villains Party

: Place setting at the heroes and villains party

: Getting Ready for the Choc-Lit Tea Party

: Me with the fab winner of my raffle goodies hamper

: The muddy waters of the Mississippi

: The Mississippi by Night

: The Mississippi in daylight

: Me with Liz, Kate and Beverley

: Me with a dragon friend!

: With Sue Moorcroft and a Storm Trooper in a bar (of course)

: Voodoo Doll

: Lovely balcony seen from inside the restaurant

: Mimosa Tree

: Streetcar

: Mississippi Paddle Steamer

: Caf&ecute; du Monde

: Cheeky Sparrow

: Graveyard

: Tomb of Voodoo Queen

: Mardi Gras Beads

: Inside a Bourbon Street Jazz Bar

: Bourbon Street at Night

: A Bourbon Street Balcony

: Bourbon Street at Night

: Beignets

: Alison surveys Rome where much of her research is done

: Alison Morton and Christina at the London Book Fair

: A buzzing goods shed

: Nurse Jean Fullerton in very authentic costume

: Alison Morton and the Roman Colliseum

: Regency authors Nicola Cornick and Anne Stenhouse

: Regency ladies, Romy Gemmell and Annie Burroughs

: The lovely Mary Nicholls

: The seriously cool Liesel Schwartz

: Kate Johnson in her gorgeous steampunk outfit

: Suffragette Juliet Greenwood

: Freda Lightfoot in her lovely outfit

: Carol McGrath as a 12^th century lady

: Jenny Barden and Janet Gover at Wellington Library

: Welcome and keynote speakers at the HNS Conference 2014

: Scenes from and friends in the book tent at the Festival of Romantic Fiction 2014

: With my childhood friend Chicki at JÃ¶nkÃ¶ping

: Book signing here!

: Varberg Fort courtyard

: Varberg Fort - back entrance?

: An Ancient Swedish fortified wall

: Varberg Fort/FÃ¤stning

: My youngest fan? The lovely Astrid!

: Meeting fellow author Ewa Klingberg in EksjÃ¶ was a highlight!

: Me and Gustave in JÃ¶nkÃ¶ping

: At EksjÃ¶ Bokhandel

: Signing at GÃ¶ranssons Bokhandel

: EA FÃ¶rlag offices and owner Eva

: Ulla Gabay, me and Gustave Lund

: Autumn in England, My favourite season.

: Cover of The Last Gatekeeper by Katy Haye

: The collection of my Regency Novellas reached #1 in the Amazon Regency Kindle chart

: Reveiwer's Choice Award

: Making a speech at the 2015 RoNAs in the Gladstone Library

: With fellow Choc-Liteer, Alison May at the 2015 RoNAs in the Gladstone Library

: The Young Adult Books being launched by Gill, Anne-Marie, Katy and Me in Scotland

: Aurelia by Alison Morton gives an intriguing insight into an alternative Europe

: Under a Cornish Sky by Liz Fenwick

: Liz Fenwick loves Japan where she recorded this street scene

: Liz Fenwick loves everything about Japan - nearly! Some of the food was a bit challenging.

: The Wild One is the latest book from Janet Gover

: The Missile Graveyard

: Somewhere in Australia, a huge truck delivers a mysterious cargo…

: Sue Moorcroft writes romantic fiction. The Wedding Proposal is her latest book.

: Gilly Steward chose South Africa as her favourite destination. Her new book, Sunshine through the Rain would be a great read on the flight.

: Alison May chose Hawaii as her favourite travel destination. Her latest book, Midsummer Dreams would be a great read on the plane.

: The Graham Saga series of novels by Anna Belfrage

: Do Opposites Attract? The latest book from Kathryn Freeman

: Exotic Travel Locations - Kathryn Freeman picked Waikiki

: Some Veil Will Fall is the latest book by Kirsty Ferry, who chose Norfolk as her favourite travel destination

: Kirsty Ferry Chose Norlfolk as her favourite travel destination

: The ancient washhouse seen from beneath a bridge leading into Bevagana

: A cobbled alley opening on to a lovely view

: All Cats are Grey by KC Aaabbott

: Viper Venom, a new thriller from KC Abbott

: Koreans use silver chopsticks in order to detect if their food is poisoned

: Korea has its own phonetic alphabet called Hangul, it was developed in the 15^th century

: The tangchong style of decorating exterior woodwork makes for spectacular street scenes

: Fancy knot work for court dress is dying out but the results are astonishing

: Korean Celadon ceramics are highly sought after and command high prices.

: The flower crown dance with wonderful, elaborate costumes

: Male Korean traditional dress is seldom seen

: Korean national dress is very different to Japanese and Chinese

: With Alison Morton and Gill Stewart

: With Catriona Robb and Giselle Green

: Brigid Coady â€“ winner of the Joan Hessayon Award at the RNA party

: Swedish cinnamon buns, my favourite food!

: With Gill Stewart, Janet Gover and Joss Stirling

: What happens when we have to go home â€¦

: Some of the conference first-timers looked after by Katy Haye

: With fellow ChocLiteer Laura E James

: With the lovely Sue Moorcroft â€“ my talk â€˜partnerâ€™

: And three of the Paisley Piranhas â€“ myself, Gill-Marie Stewart and Katy Haye

: All the Choc Lit authors who attended this yearâ€™s conference (minues one)

: An 18th century Jewish cemetery in the middle of the campus â€“ interesting!

: Katrina Power (and her megawatt smile) with Carol Townend and others

: Gill-Marie Stewart and Sue Moorcroft chilling

: Lucie Wheeler and Katrina Power trying on â€˜zoriâ€™ and â€˜getaâ€™ (with tabi socks)

: â€¦ and Liz from behind

: Liz Fenwick looking like a princess!

: Our two volunteers in â€˜uchikakeâ€™ kimono robes

: Relaxing with Ann Ankers, organiser of the RNA Marcher Ladies

: Caroline Sheldon, Hannah Ferguson, Carole Blake and Tim Bates (with Eileen Ramsay and Jan Jones behind them)

: Fabulous prizes to be won in the Jade Lioness competition

: Another view of the amazing roof on the airport in Madrid

: The ultra-modern airport in Madrid has a fantastic roof

: Madrid has very narrow streets

: Another narrow street in Madrid

: The Prado Museum in Madrid

: Signing Books

: With some lovely Spanish readers

: With Alex and Maria Jose

: Me and Merche

: Me and Laura

: The beautiful table decorations

: The Gladstone Library

: Me with fellow ChocLiteers Melanie Hudson, Alison May, Linn Halton and Angela Britnell

: Fern Britton and compere Jane Wenham-Jones

: The Awards Shortlisted Book Table

: After three days of walking around, some hot chocolate was needed

: A rather strange attendee

: These fantastic blue orchids were on display throughout the halls â€“ loved them!

: Jeffrey Archer giving an amusing talk

: Meg Roscoff being interviewed

: Selfie with Sue Moorcroft and Adrienne Vaughan

: Not quite Boticelli

: Obligatory tourist selfie

: At the Natural History Museum

: A knight before shining armour

: Here be dragons!

: You get dragons

: From dragon eggs

: All the panellists (courtesy of Nicola) â€“ from left to right â€“ Teresa, Alison, Louise, me, Jean and Nicola

: Alison Knight - organiser extraordinaire

: Me and Rosemary Ann Smith

: The Librarians

: One of the wonderful doors on St Anne's college where we were staying

: Part of St Anne*#39;s College where we were staying

: Detail from a Dutch painting in the Ashmolean Museum

: I could not resist the pre-Raphaelite paintings

: I loved this fierce Egyptian bird

: Detail from a Japanese silk painting

: A lovely Japanese inro in the museumâ€™s collection

: Another gorgeous jewel

: The Ashmolean Museum

: Ut! Ut! Ut Ut!

: One of the very knowledgeable Regia Anglorum re-enactors (Anglo-Saxon)

: Shield Maiden? I wish!

: And finally, my hat!

: The Royal Children

: The oldest pub in England. It must be, the sign says so.

: Part of the castle walls

: Quirky house opposite the castle

: The plaque commemorating the raising of the royal standard

: Looking down - eek!

: â€¦ and looking up (better!)

: The view over the city from the castle grounds

: A fantastic model of what the castle originally looked like

: Part of the castle walls

: Statue of Robin Hood â€“ not modelled on Kevin Costner!

: My very own shop!

: This is where it all started!

: Sue Moorcroft signing books for readers in Nottingham

: My book table with Japanese memorabilia at Ystryd Mynach Library

: The lovely Ystrad Mynach librarians

: Librarian Helen from nearby Oakdale library

: Chris, Evonne and me

: Chris in sailing gear

: Tiny photographic print of the grandmother of Kirsty Ferry

: Photographic plates with corresponding prints

: Old photographic plate

: Detail from the lovingly restored Bacton Altar Cloth

: There is strong evidence that points to the Bacton Altar Cloth being made from a dress worn by Queen Elizabeth I in the famous Rainbow Portrait

: Detail from the lovingly restored Bacton Altar Cloth

: And shoes to match!

: You need special conference nails â€¦

: At the gala dinner with Henriette

: The Piranhas in our glad rags

: Claire and Gill-Marie heading off to the gala dinner with Henriette Gyland

: The Paisley Piranhas - Claire, Gill-Marie, me and Katy

: Anna with a member of our audience

: Anna Belfrage, Claire Watts and Gill-Marie Stewart

: Winner of the 2021 RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel Award

Awards: 2006 Katie Fforde Bursary

Awards: 2011 Big Red Read

Awards: 2011 Pure Passion Awards

Awards: 2012 Festival of Romance

Awards: 2012 HNS Short Story Award

Awards: 2012 RNA Best Historical Award

Awards: 2014 RoNAs Winners

Awards: 2021 RNA Fanasy Award

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