Victoria Hinshaw loves all things English and Regency; she writes about  clever heroines and dashing heroes on their intriguing paths to love—that is, when she can overcome her execrable typing and lack of tech savvy. In fact, but for modern plumbing, e-readers, and internet research, she would gladly live in 1815.  
Victoria binges on Jane Austen, Bridgerton,  visiting British Stately Homes, and her secret identity as a baroness in disguise.  Enjoy Victoria’s stories…and Experience the Elegance.


Hinshaw is a best-selling and award-winning author of a 20+ novels and novellas, a dedicated fan of Jane Austen, and frequent speaker on Austen, The Regency, and English Country Houses.


She is an avid researcher of Georgian and Victorian British history, an enthusiastic traveler to Great Britain and the continent, and an eager, if amateur, photographer.


She wrote eight novels and three novellas first published by Kensington Zebra between 2002 and 2005, most available on Amazon Kindle. Her only non-regency is a family saga, the story of a fictional Milwaukee brewing dynasty set in 1870-1920, BirthRights: A Dangerous Brew. It was co-written with the late Reva Shovers under the pen name Summit Wahl, first published in 1983 by Pocket books, and now available on Kindle. She has written numerous novellas for various anthology publishers; many are being published by Audible in versions narrated by June deBorahae.


 
       Spring 2025 finds Victoria in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, working on a new novella for a Dreamstone Publishing Anthology to be entitled Regency Summer Melodies. Watch for it in June or July.
   In April 2023, friend and travel planner par excellence, Kristine Hughes, and Victoria sailed from Miami across the Atlantic via Oceania cruise ship Riviera, stopping in Bermuda, the Azores. Malaga, Livorno for transfer to Rome, Orvieto, Firenze, and a week on Lake Como.  We took a Viking cruise on the Duoro River in Portugal, then, of course, flew to beloved London for visits to the Oriental Club, Apsley House, and eventual retreat to Buckinghamshire. From our luxurious sta in the National Trusts Hartwell House Hotel, we visited Stowe and Waddesdon, besides watching the Coronation of Charles III on the telly, accompanied by a delicious tea.
    Look for reports on all Victoria's travels and events in the Victoria's Vibes blog.
    This year 2025, we celebrate the 250th birthday of Jane Austen's Birth. Kristine and I will be joined by our dear friend Diane Gaston and hundreds of other Austen enthusiasts at the JASNA AGM in Baltimore in October. Few other U.S. cities have a more dramatic history of the years of Jane Austen's life from her December 1775 birth to her early death at age 41 in 1817. We look forward to assessing her legacy as well as touring local Maryland historic sites.