Elizabeth Heery

Elizabeth Heery (born January 8, 1961) is a British actress, screenwriter and novelist. As an actress and author she works under the name Elizabeth Morton and Eliza Morton and is known for playing Madeline Bassett in ITV series Jeeves and Wooster. Since 2016, she has been an ambassador for the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. She trained at the Guildhall School of Drama and The Royal Court Young Writers Group. She is a short story writer and has written for BBC Radio 4, Channel 4, ITV and BBC Films and TV. In 2018, she secured a two book deal with Ebury Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Her novel A Liverpool Girl was published in 2019, followed by in August 2020, A Last Dance in Liverpool. Both books reached Number 1 and Number 3 respectively in The Bookseller's Heatseekers Charts. August 2020 she secured a book deal with Pan Macmillan for two more Liverpool sagas. Angel of Liverpool was published in 2021 and was a number 3 Heatseeker, People’s Friend Recommendation and reached the Top 10 WHSmith bestsellers. The Girl From Liverpool was published July 2022 and also made Top 10 Booksellers Heatseekers chart and No 5 Amazon Historical Romance Bestsellers. Elizabeth narrates all her books for audio. In 2022, Angel of Liverpool was shortlisted for RoNA Best Saga award. In August 2022 she received a three book deal from Pan for her ‘Orphans of The Living’ trilogy.