{{Short description|British author}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=March 2010}} {{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=June 2011|Alys Clare}} }} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
'''Alys Clare''' is a pseudonym of '''Elizabeth Harris''', author of English historical whodunnit novels primarily set in medieval times, featuring the characters of Abbess Helewise and Josse d'Acquin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detecs.org/helewise.html|title=Abbess Helewise & Josse d'Acquin (Alys Clare)|accessdate=16 March 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100228024443/http://detecs.org/helewise.html| archivedate= 28 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Brought up in the countryside close to where the Hawkenlye Novels are set, she went to school in Tonbridge and later studied English at the University of Keele.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.severnhouse.com/author/Alys+Clare/9378|title=Alys Clare. Severn House website}}</ref> She has also published books as Elizabeth Harris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/elizabeth-harris/|title=Elizabeth Harris - Fantastic Fiction}}</ref>
==Hawkenlye mysteries== Set in 12th-century England and featuring would-be detectives Josse d'Acquin and the Abbess of Hawkenlye, published by Hodder & Stoughton and Severn House. # ''Fortune Like the Moon'' (1999) # ''Ashes of the Elements'' (2000) # ''The Tavern in the Morning'' (2000) # ''The Chatter of the Maidens'' (2001) # ''The Faithful Dead'' (2002) # ''A Dark Night Hidden'' (2003) # ''Whiter Than the Lily'' (2004) # ''Girl in a Red Tunic'' (2005) # ''Heart of Ice'' (2006) # ''The Enchanter's Forest'' (2007) # ''The Paths of the Air'' (2008) # ''The Joys of My Life'' (2009) # ''The Rose of the World'' (2011) # ''The Song of the Nightingale'' (2012) # ''The Winter King'' (2013) # ''A Shadowed Evil'' (2015) # ''The Devil's Cup'' (2017)
==Aelf Fen mysteries== Set in 11th-century England and featuring the healer Lassair, published by Severn House.<ref>[https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/music-of-the-distant-stars/ "Review: Music of the Distant Stars"] Review by Eileen Charbonneau. Historical Novel Society. Retrieved 21 November 2021.</ref> # ''Out of the Dawn Light'' (2009) # ''Mist Over the Water'' (2009) # ''Music of the Distant Stars'' (2010) # ''The Way Between the Worlds'' (2011) # ''Land of the Silver Dragon'' (2013) # ''Blood of the South'' (2014) # ''The Night Wanderer'' (2016) # ''The Rufus Spy'' (2017) # ''City of Pearl'' (2019) # ''The Lammas Wild'' (2021)
== Gabriel Taverner mysteries == Set in Stuart England featuring physician Dr Gabriel Taverner # ''A Rustle of Silk'' (2016) # ''The Angel in the Glass'' (2018) # ''The Indigo Ghosts'' (2020) # ''Magic in the Weave'' (2021) # ''The Cargo from Neira'' (2023) # ''The Chrysanthemum Tiger'' (2024)
== World's End Bureau mysteries == Set in Victorian England # ''The Woman Who Spoke to Spirits'' (2019) # ''The Outcast Girls'' (2020) # ''The Man in the Shadows'' (2022) # ''The Stranger in the Asylum'' (2024)
==Other novels== * ''The Herb Gatherers'' (1991) (writing as Elizabeth Harris) * ''The Egyptian Years'' (1992) (writing as Elizabeth Harris) * ''The Sun Worshippers'' (1993) (writing as Elizabeth Harris) * ''Time of the Wolf'' (1994) (writing as Elizabeth Harris) * ''The Quiet Earth'' (1995) (writing as Elizabeth Harris) * ''The Sacrifice Stone'' (1996) (writing as Elizabeth Harris) * ''The Twilight Child'' (1997) (writing as Elizabeth Harris)
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