Since leaving the teaching field to pursue writing full-time, Joyce has reached a widening audience with her books, beginning with historical non-fiction and later, with an historical romance, Jeanne of Clairmonde, which garnered an RPLA award. Now she writes historical novels with settings that range from ancient Rome to Early Modern Venice. Conservatory-trained, Joyce's background in music is evident in The Tapestry Shop, which won a Bronze Medal for Popular Fiction from Florida Book Awards. The Tapestry Shop is an historical novel based on the life of a medieval poet/musician who wrote what many consider to be the earliest documented representation of the Robin Hood legend. Joyce, writing as Elizabeth Elson, has a new series about women in history. These are available as ebooks. Learn more at http://www.elizabethelson.com .