Monica writes comic, serious and magical Pride and Prejudice variations, which means she spends a lot of her time with Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in her head. Her greatest claim to fame is living in the Elizabeth Gaskell's house in Manchester, long before the house was restored to its former glory. After studying in the USA, she taught literature, then became an acupuncturist. She now lives near London. Monica obsessively follows every period drama she can find. Among her favori