Eleanor Berry has written over thirty published books which are of a predominantly macabre nature in tone. She specialises in gallows humour. Born in London on 6th May 1950, Eleanor is the daughter of press baron Lord Hartwell, and granddaughter of renowned statesman F.E. Smith, later to become Lord Birkenhead. She was also a close friend and confidant of the newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell. Eleanor holds a BA Hons degree in English, a 2:2, and compiled an unpublished contextual thesis on the Marquis de Sade, against the wishes of her tutors and her parents.
