Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George
George in 2019
Born
Susan Elizabeth George

(1949-02-26) February 26, 1949
OccupationWriter
EducationEnglish
Bachelor of Arts
Counseling and psychology
Master's of Education
Alma materUniversity of California, Riverside
GenreMystery fiction, detective fiction
Spouse
Ira Jay Toibin
(m. 1971; div. 1995)

Thomas McCabe
Website
elizabethgeorgeonline.com

Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is an American writer of mystery novels.

She is a great Anglophile, and her best known series of novels feature Inspector Thomas Lynley of London's Metropolitan Police. The 22nd book in the series was published in September 2025. The first 11 were adapted for television by the BBC as earlier episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001). A later, separate four-part series entitled Lynley to be shown on BBC One began filming in 2024, starring Leo Suter and Sofia Barclay.