Stella Riley is a British writer, living in Kent. She is the author of six novels set in and around the English Civil Wars and the award-winning seven book Rockliffe Series - of which, Book Six, Cadenza, was the 2019 Readers' Favourite for Romance and a 2021 Book Excellence award winner.

Under A Dark Moon is the second book in her Brandon Brothers Trilogy, sequel to A Trick of Fate.

When not writing, she enjoys theatre, travel and playing the harpsichord.