Welcome to the web page of historical fiction writer
Elaine Thomson / E.S. Thomson
Greetings, historical fiction lovers and welcome to my web page! Having had enough, for now, of Victorian London, I have turned my hand to writing stories that focus on the supernatural. Doesn’t everyone love a ghost story? And if you’re one of those rare people who don’t, why not try these anyway and become immersed in the haunting beauty of Scottish landscape and history.
My newest book, written under the name Elaine Thomson, is HAWTHORN: A SCOTTISH GHOST STORY published by Sphere on 25th September 2025. It is the first in a quartet of ghost stories each set at a supernatural turning point in the year – Samhain (hallowe’en), Midsummer, Midwinter and Beltane. Book 2 in the series, SALTWATER: A MIDSUMMER GHOST STORY will be published in June 2026.
Writing as E.S. Thomson I am also the author of six best-selling historical crime novels, the most recent, UNDER GROUND is set in the cholera-stricken London of 1854, and is a dark and gothic tale of murder, ambition, family secrets and betrayal. UNDER GROUND is the sixth adventure for cross-dressing apothecary Jem Flockhart, and is her most perilous adventure yet. Other books in this best-selling series are:
1.)BELOVED POISON. 2.) DARK ASYLUM. 3.) THE BLOOD. 4.) SURGEONS’ HALL. and 5.) NIGHTSHADE.
My work has been shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award, the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award, the Saltire First Book Award, and long-listed for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.
