L.J. Trafford is the author of three non-fiction books: How To Survive in Ancient Rome, a guide for the discerning visitor to the city in the year 95 CE, Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome and Ancient Rome’s Worst Emperors.

She is also the author the Four Emperors’ series of novels. The series comprises four books – Palatine, Galba’s Men, Otho’s Regret and Vitellius’ Feast – which cover the dramatic fall of Nero and the chaotic year of the four emperors that followed.

Palatine received an Editor’s Choice mark from The Historical Novel Society in 2015.

She is a regular contributor to The History Girls blog site and recently appeared on the Channel 5 Series, Emperor: Rise and Fall of a Dynasty.