Lynn Brittney

Lynn Brittney, born on March 5, 1953, in London, United Kingdom, is a seasoned writer with almost three decades of experience. She has written numerous adult and children's non-fiction books, as well as plays for both children and adults that have been performed worldwide.

Brittney's writing career began with her work as a journalist on trade and business magazines. Alongside this, she also worked part-time as a drama teacher and started writing plays for children, young adults, and older actors. These plays are now published by Playstage Junior, Playstage YA, and Playstage Senior. When her son was a teenager, Brittney noticed that teachers were having difficulty engaging their students with Shakespeare. In response, she wrote a series of young adult novels set in Elizabethan England, featuring espionage, action, and Shakespearian plots. The Nathan Fox books were well-received and nominated for several awards, including the Waterstone’s Book Prize and the Brandford Boase Award. To complement these novels, Brittney also wrote fact books titled The Elizabethan World of Nathan Fox, which have become valuable resources in English-speaking schools globally.

In 2017, Brittney embarked on a new project, creating a series of period murder mysteries known as the Mayfair 100 series. Set in London during WW1, the series features a secret team of professional policemen and educated women working together to solve crimes. The team is based in Mayfair, an upper-class area of London, and Mayfair 100 is their telephone number. The first book in the series, A Murder in Belgravia, was published in the UK by Mirror Books in 2018, with the second book following in 2019. The American version of Book 1 was published by Crooked Lane Books in March 2019. In 2019, the second murder mystery in the Mayfair 100 series, A Death in Chelsea, was published by Mirror Books in the UK and by Crooked Lane in the USA. During the 2020 lockdown, Brittney decided to try something new and wrote a series of three small books called Gifts From Your Garden. These books, published by Iris Books of London, combine her hobbies and skills, providing recipes, instructions, and tips on how to use everything grown in the garden to create gifts for friends and family.
A Mayfair 100 Murder Mystery Books
# Title Year
1 Murder in Belgravia 2017
2 A Death in Chelsea 2019
3 The Body in Berkeley Square 2021
4 The Corpses at Waterloo 2022
Nathan Fox Books (as L. Brittney)
# Title Year
1 Dangerous Times 2007
2 Traitor's Gold 2008
3 Seas of Blood 2017
Treasure Chests Books
# Title Year
1 The Holy Land 1997
2 Ancient Rome 1998
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Christine Kringle 2007
Plays
# Title Year
1 A Different Way to Die 1993
2 The Last Wife 1994
3 Properly processed 1994
4 Failed investments 1995
5 Pickwick Papers 1999
6 Old Actors Never Die...they simply lose the plot: 2019
7 The Haunted Bookshop 2019
8 Bunkered 2019
9 A Christmas Carol 2019
10 The Home Front 2019
11 Lathered Up 2019
12 After the Ball is Over 2020
13 Dig for the Diggers 2020
14 The Luvvies 2020
15 Ask the Family 2020
16 Have A Nice Day 2020
17 Mixed Doubles 2020
18 Motivation 2020
19 Nostalgia 2020
20 Unexpected Item In Bagging Area 2020