Rosalie writes magic and mystery into Regency England, with side servings of jam, jewels, and the occasional naked shapeshifter.
As a child, Rosalie loved conducting home-made theatre productions with her three younger brothers. Now she directs her characters instead, but like her brothers, they don’t always do what she says.
While writing, Rosalie consumes vast quantities of tea and chocolate. Fuelled by such divine sustenance, her debut series, The Lady Diviner mystery series, launched in 2021.
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More About Rosalie
What jobs (other than writing) have you done?
I’ve done waitering, admin, tutoring, and law. I’d much rather be writing about jam, jewels, and naked shapeshifters.
Beverage?
Organic leaf tea in a pot, of course. Black, no sugar.
Anything on the side?
Yes, mandatorily chocolate which is 35% cocoa, no more, no less.
Chocolate or cream tea?
Both? Can we have both? Perhaps not. Oh, if you must make me choose: chocolate… as above.
What did you grow up on?
Georgette Heyer, Mary Stewart, and Daphne Du Maurier. I could go on. Surprisingly little television: my mother didn’t approve, and by the time she lost control over the remote I was far too interested in books.
Pets?
Despite popular wisdom that every author has a cat, I do not have one. I live in Western Australia, with a large, overgrown garden full of quendas (little marsupials) and plenty of birds, frogs, and fish. Hence no cat. It is a great sorrow to me. Unfortunately, I can’t quite pretend a quenda is a cat, even though it is cute and furry. It won’t sit on my lap, curse it.
Hidden talents?
I can get rid of hiccoughs by breathing OUT all my breath (method patented Rosalie Oaks 2020).
Forbidden vice?
Ice-cream, preferably salted caramel. I’ve given it up for, hmm, about twelve days now.
Why cosy fantasy set in the Regency?
I wanted to add something to the Regency tropes to surprise and delight. Plus some paranormal characters just walked (or flew) right into my books, and they were too charming to turn away.
What is your magic system based on?
The Musor Gifts are based on the Enneagram, which divides personality into nine types. Discernment matches with Number Ones, Healing with Number Twos, and so forth. I love the Enneagram! But, you might remark, there are only eight Gifts in the books so far. True, and I have plans for revealing the ninth in another series. If you know the Enneagram, see if you can figure out which one is missing…
So what Enneagram personality type are you?
I’m not telling! It would reveal far too much…!
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