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I'm an author of historical fiction (Early English/Saxon, Vikings and the British Isles as a whole before the Norman Conquest, as well as five 20th-century historical mysteries) and historical fantasy.

I was born in the old Mercian kingdom at some point since 1066. Raised in the shadow of a strange little building, told from a very young age that it housed the bones of long-dead kings of Mercia and that our garden was littered with old pieces of pottery from a long-ago battle, it's little wonder that my curiosity in Early England ran riot. I can only blame my parents!

I like to write. You've been warned!

Not sure where to start your journey through Saxon/Early England? The Dark Ages trilogy will take readers back to the very beginnings of Saxo
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“I don’t wish to be left behind by the man who made me the woman I am today. No, if I could, I’d follow him on his journey and take pride and pleasure in doing so.”
M.J. Porter, The First Queen: An incredibly gripping historical romance featuring England's first crowned queen

“Leofric absorbed that surprised that Olaf was as aware as he was of the difference between the Vikings and the English.”
M.J. Porter, The Earl of Mercia: England: The Second Viking Age

“I need men I can rely on and who don’t change tack with the wind.”
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