My name is Meredith Allard, and I’m an award-winning author whose work explores the intersection of history, atmosphere, and the human psyche. I’m best known for the bestselling Loving Husband Trilogy and the Victorian novel When It Rained at Hembry Castle, which was named a Best Historical Novel by IndieReader. My prequel, Down Salem Way, earned the B.R.A.G. Medallion and was a semi-finalist for the Chaucer Award in Early Historical Fiction.
My newest novel, The Professor of Eventide, is a Gothic literary mystery. The Professor of Eventide will be released on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and you can pre-order the book here.
My other books include Christmas at Hembry Castle; Woman of Stones, a novella of Biblical Jerusalem; The Duchess of Idaho, a time-travel love story set on the Oregon Trail; and And Shadows Will Fall, the sixth and final book in the Loving Husband Series.
I’ve also written two nonfiction books for writers. Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction was a #1 New Release on Amazon in Authorship and Creativity Self-Help. The Swirl and Swing of Words: Embracing the Writing Life was also named a #1 New Release on Amazon in Authorship, Creativity Self-Help, and Authorship Reference.
My short stories and articles have appeared in journals such as Moondance, Muse Apprentice Guild, The Paumanok Review, Wild Mind, The Maxwell Digest, Writers Weekly, ViewsHound, The Honor Society, The Huffington Post, Introvert, Dear, and Anne R. Allen’s blog.
In 2000, I founded The Copperfield Review, an award-winning literary journal for readers and writers of historical fiction, and I remained the executive editor until the journal closed in 2023. I’ve been a guest speaker at The History Quill’s Conference for Writers of Historical Fiction and Rachel Thompson’s Lit Mag Love course.
I received my BA and MA degrees in English from CSU Northridge and my PhD in Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I’ve taught writing to students ages five to 75, and I’ve taught education, creative writing, and writing historical fiction courses in places such as Learning Tree University, UNLV, the UNLV Continuing Education Extension Program, the Henderson Writers Group, and the Las Vegas Writers Conference.
I read everything from historical fiction to literary fiction, and from the classics to nonfiction. I love baking, book journaling, and art journaling, and I’m a Los Angeles Dodgers fan as well as a frequenter of coffee shops. Then I practice yoga to counteract all that coffee. I live in the hills of Southern Nevada.