Natalie Murray has been writing to make people smile ever since her short story A Dog Story With a Happy Ending won first prize in a writing competition when she was eight (she didn’t quite understand titles and spoilers then!). Now slightly *cough* older, Natalie is irreversibly committed to writing romance novels with all the tension, heart flutters, and 'it hurts so good' angst. Natalie’s debut adult contemporary romance, Love, Just In, was published by one of Australia’s leading publishers, Allen & Unwin, in January 2024. She also co-writes contemporary romance with US author Jenny Hickman (writing as Jenny Fyfe).

Also a self-confessed Tudorphile, Natalie is the award-winning author of Emmie and the Tudor King series, which has received acclaim from Foreword Reviews, InD’Tale Magazine, YA Books Central, and popular author Brigid Kemmerer (A Curse So Dark and Lonely), among others. The complete trilogy is currently in development for a television adaptation by Ambience Entertainment.

Natalie grew up in Sydney, Australia, and is the daughter of cookbook author Eva Stovern (‘The Caravan Chef’) and the late Australian football icon Les Murray. When she’s not writing books, you can find Natalie clinging to her family (literally; she’s super affectionate), packing or unpacking a suitcase, making lists of things she'll never have time for because she's too busy making lists, or playing on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.