Maestra (Hilton)

Author Bio
• AKA—Lisa Hilton
• Birth—December 15, 1974
• Where—Liverpool, England, UK
• Education—B.A., Oxford University
• Currently—London, England


Lisa Hilton grew up in the north of England and read English at New College, Oxford, after which she studied History of Art in Florence and Paris. After eight years in New York, Paris and Milan, she returned to England and now lives in London with her daughter Ottavia.

Biographies
Hilton has written three historical biographies on royal subjects: ♦ The Real Queen of France: Athenais and Louis XIV (2002) ♦ Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: The Life of Lavinia Fenton, Duchess of Bolton (2006) ♦ Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens (2008).

Horrors of Love (2011) is a biographical treatment of 20th-centiury English novelist and socialite Nancy Mitford and her love affair with Gaston Palewski.

Novels
Hilton has written several novels: ♦ The House With The Blue Shutters (2010) ♦ Wolves in Winter (2012) ♦ The Stolen Queen (2015) ♦ Maestra (2016). The latter, written under the name L.S. Hilton, is the first in a trilogy about femme fatale Judith Rashleigh, her sexual adventures and misadventures.

Journalism
In addition to authoring books, Hilton also works as a journalist. She has written for the Spectator, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, Vogue, Tatler, Elle, Daily Beast, Evening Standard, Observer, Independent and Daily Telegraph. She writes a monthly restaurant column for the British cultural and political affairs magazine Standpoint. (Adapted from the author's website and Wikipedia. Retrieved 4/19/2016.)