Patricia Finney is an English author and journalist. She is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in History. She has written under the pen name

Pen name

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s "P. F. Chisholm" and "Grace Cavendish".

Her first novel A Shadow of Gulls, published when she was 18, won the 1977 David Higham Award for Best First Novel of the year.

In the same year BBC Radio 3

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 presented her play, The Flood. As well as award-winning radio plays (A Room Full of Mirrors), Finney has published fifteen other novels, including three Elizabethan spy thrillers and four Elizabethan crime novels, four children's books set in Elizabethan times and the two books written in "Doglish", the language of dogs.

Published works

Lugh Mac Romain Series

1. A Shadow of Gulls (1977)

2. The Crow Goddess (1978)
David Becket and Simon Ames Series


1. Firedrake's Eye (1992)

2. Unicorn's Blood (1998)

3. Gloriana's Torch (2003)
Sir Robert Carey Series (writing as P F Chisholm)

1. A Famine of Horses (1994)

2. A Season of Knives (1995)

3. A Surfeit of Guns (1996)

4. A Plague of Angels (1998)

5. A Murder of Crows (2010)

Lady Grace Cavendish Series (as Grace Cavendish)

1. Assassin (2004)

2. Betrayal (2004)

3. Conspiracy (2004)

6. Feud (2006)
Jack Series

1. I, Jack (2000)

2. Jack and Police Dog Rebel (2002)

External links

• Patricia Finney's Blog
• Patricia Finney's Website