Elsie Silver
Elsie Silver
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A #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestselling author, Elsie Silver writes sassy, steamy, small-town contemporary romance. Born and raised in Canada, she lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, son, and dogs — and the rugged ranch towns of her home province shape the settings of nearly all her books.
A lifelong romance reader, she came to writing at her mother's urging to reclaim an identity of her own, drawing on an earlier background in copywriting and editing. She self-published her debut, Off to the Races, in 2021, launching the Gold Rush Ranch series, before her work was picked up by major publishers and translated for readers around the world.
She is best known for the interconnected Chestnut Springs and Rose Hill series, whose grumpy-sunshine cowboys, fierce heroines, and found-family ensembles built a devoted following; Rose Hill is being adapted as a Prime Video drama series. A self-described early riser, she does much of her writing in the quiet hours before dawn, coffee in hand.
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Contemporary Romance Romance Small-Town Romance Contemporary Literature Fiction
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Yes. In May 2026, Prime Video ordered a series adaptation of the Rose Hill novels. Heidi Cole McAdams is the showrunner and Marc Webb directs the pilot, with Temple Hill producing and Elsie Silver attached as an executive producer.
Yes. She began as an independent author, self-publishing her 2021 debut Off to the Races, and found significant success before moving into traditional publishing with major houses.
She's a born-and-raised Canadian who lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia. That setting carries into her fiction, which is largely set in small ranch towns in the BC interior.
A lifelong romance reader with a background in copywriting and editing, she started writing at her mother's encouragement to do something for herself. Her debut, Off to the Races, followed in 2021.
Yes. Her Gold Rush Ranch, Chestnut Springs, and Rose Hill series share an interconnected universe with recurring families and crossover characters, and her newest series, Emerald Lake (beginning with Fever Dream), is tied closely to Chestnut Springs.
Each book is a standalone romance, but readers generally start with a series opener — Off to the Races (Gold Rush Ranch), Flawless (Chestnut Springs), or Wild Love (Rose Hill) — and read each series in order to follow the recurring cast.