LJ Trafford

L.J. Trafford studied Ancient History at the University of Reading and is the author of ‘The Four Emperors’ series. 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, published in 2015, received an Editor’s Choice Mark from the Historical Novel Society. She has also written three non-fiction  books for Pen and Sword; How to Survive in Ancient Rome, Sex and Sexuality in Ancient and Ancient Rome’s Worst Emperors. 

L.J. recently appeared as a talking head in the Channel 5 documentary, Emperor: The Rise and Fall of Dynasty.