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{{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}{{short description|British writer of historical thrillers}} {{Infobox writer | name = Aly Monroe | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Leicester | nationality = British | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist | genre = Thriller | movement = | magnum_opus = | influences = | spouse = | website = {{URL|alymonroe.com/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Aly Monroe''' is a British writer of historical thrillers set in the 1940s. She was brought up in Purley,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Aly Monroe: Setting the Place for Icelight|url = http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/feature_view.aspx?FEATURE_ID=181|website = www.shotsmag.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-03}}</ref> England. She has spent a large part of her life in Spain, where she worked as a teacher, translator and voice-over artist.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About Aly Monroe|url = http://www.alymonroe.com/aly-monroe.htm|website = www.alymonroe.com|access-date = 2015-10-03}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000204188&source=Bookmark&u=dclib_main&jsid=799f39b5bf5364790ad4e70c7346018a|title = Aly Monroe|date = 2012|journal = Contemporary Authors Online|access-date = 2015-10-03|location = Detroit}}</ref> She is the author of the Peter Cotton series of historical novels, including ''Icelight'' which won the 2012 Ellis Peters Historical Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Icelight – The Crime Writers' Association|url = http://thecwa.co.uk/icelight/|website = thecwa.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-03}}</ref>
==Bibliography== Monroe's series character is Peter Cotton who works for the British intelligence service.<ref name=":0" /> Her first novel, ''The Maze of Cadiz'', is set in Spain, where Monroe lived for many years. The second novel, ''Washington Shadow'', was set in Washington, DC and shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Fiction Book Review: Washington Shadow by Aly Monroe|url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7195-2093-8|access-date = 2015-10-04|date = 1 November 2015|website = Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Washington Shadow – The Crime Writers' Association|url = http://thecwa.co.uk/washington-shadow/|website = thecwa.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-04}}</ref> The third novel of the series, ''Icelight'', won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award.
==Novels== * ''The Maze of Cadiz'' (2008) * ''Washington Shadow'' (2009) * ''Icelight'' (2011) * ''Black Bear'' (2013)
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==External links== * [http://www.alymonroe.com/ Official website] * [http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/books/books_by_aly_monroe.html Reviews at EuroCrime] * [http://www.crimetime.co.uk/mag/index.php/showarticle/2070 Aly Monroe talks to CrimeTime about ''Icelight'']
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