ABOUT VICTORIA THOMPSON

Victoria Thompson began her writing career as the bestselling author of twenty historical romance novels, which gave her great admiration for life in the nineteenth century. Her work includes the USA Today bestselling historical Gaslight Mysteries series, which has been nominated for six Agatha Awards, an Edgar® Award, and a Bruce Alexander Award. The Gaslight Mysteries follow socialite-turned-midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy as they solve murders in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York City.

Victoria’s other historical series, the Counterfeit Lady Novels, which was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award by Mystery Writers of America, features Elizabeth Miles, a young con woman who finds herself embroiled in intrigue in New York City in the 1910s.

Victoria earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education from the University of Maryland and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, a program for which she was also a professor for twenty-three years. Additionally, she taught in the Continuing Education Department at Penn State University and was a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences across the country. In 2012, she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine.

Victoria passed away peacefully at home in the suburbs of Chicago, IL in August 2024 after a years-long battle with cancer. Her husband of fifty-five years, Jim Thompson, passed away in January 2025. The Thompsons are survived by two daughters who are both writers and three grandchildren. Their daughter, Ellen Thompson, is carrying on her mother’s legacy by continuing to write books in Victoria’s series.