About the Authors

The profiles that you see on The Assembly Rooms are written by one of four authors.

Name: Miss Elizabeth Bennet
Main Blog: Elegance of Fashion 
Position: Founder, Author
Favorite Period Dramas: Pride and Prejudice (1995), Downton Abbey, Emma (2009), Sense and Sensibility (1995 & 2008 are both good), Little Dorrit
Least Favorite Period Dramas: The Buccaneers, A Christmas Carol (2009), The Grand
Favorite Heroines: Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Elinor and Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Amy Dorrit (Little Dorrit), Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey)
Favorite Heroes: Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice), Mr. Knightley (Emma), Mr. Tilney (Northanger Abbey), Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility)
Least Favorite Villains: John Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility), Thomas (Downton Abbey), O'brien (Downton Abbey), George Wickham (Pride and Prejudice)

Name: Melody
Main Blog: Regency Delight ~Jane Austen, etc.~
Position: Author
Favorite Period Dramas: Pride and Prejudice (1995), Emma (2009), Anne of Green Gables & The Sequel, Sense and Sensibility (1995), Little Dorrit (2008)
Least Favorite Period Dramas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003), The Old Curiosity Shop (2007), Gone With the WindPride and Prejudice (2005)
Favorite Heroines: Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Emma Woodhouse (Emma), Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables), Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre)
Favorite Heroes: Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice), Mr. Knightley (Emma), Henry Tilney (Northanger Abbey)

Name: Miss Laurie
Main Blog: Old-Fashioned Charm
Position: Author
Favorite Period Dramas: Persuasion (1995), Emma (2009), North & South (2004), Cranford (2006), Little Dorrit (2009)
Least Favorite Period Dramas: Becoming Jane (2005), Wuthering Heights (any version), Tess of the D'Urbevilles (any version), Middlemarch (1994), Gone With The Wind
Favorite Heroines: Anne Elliot (Persuasion), Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey), Fanny Price (Mansfield Park), Margaret Hale (North & South), Amy Dorrit (Little Dorrit)
Favorite Heroes: Henry Tilney (Northanger Abbey), Mr. Knightley (Emma), John Thornton (North & South), Captain Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion), Arthur Clennam (Little Dorrit)
Least Favorite Villains: John Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility), Henry Crawford (Mansfield Park), Mr. Smallweed (Bleak House), Mr. Tulkninghorn (Bleak House), Rigaud (Little Dorrit)


Name: Miss Dashwood
Main Blog: Yet Another Period Drama Blog
Position: Author
Favorite Period Dramas: Pride and Prejudice (1995), Emma (2009), Anne of Green Gables & The Sequel (1985, 1987), Little Dorrit (2008), Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Least Favorite Period Dramas: Great Expectations (1999) 
Favorite Heroines: Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables), Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Amy Dorrit (Little Dorrit), Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre)
Favorite Heroes: Mr. Knightley (Emma), Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice), Gilbert Blythe (Anne of Green Gables), Arthur Clennam (Little Dorrit), Sir Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Least Favorite Villains:
John Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility), Blandois/Rigaud (Little Dorrit), Mr. Tulkinghorn (Bleak House), Henry Crawford (Mansfield Park), George Wickham (Pride and Prejudice)