Elizabeth Pewsey Books in Order
Elizabeth Pewsey has written 15 books, published between 1994 and 2014. The first book is Children Of Chance (1994) and the newest is The Painted Fan (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1994–2014
- Pages on record
- 2,634 in 10 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 44–66 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,634 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Elizabeth Pewsey was one of the names used by Elizabeth Edmondson (21 February 1948 - 11 January 2016), an English novelist who also published as Elizabeth Aston and worked in mystery, historical and contemporary fiction. Edmondson studied Jane Austen at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and set up a youth holiday orchestra in the York area that has run since 1992. The Pewsey listing holds 15 books published between 1994 and 2014, from Children Of Chance (1994) to The Painted Fan (2014), covering the Mountjoy series and short stories and novellas filed under the Aston name. Subjects record romance, fantasy, ghosts, wizards, music theory and the imaginary places Tuan and Vemoria.
How many Elizabeth Pewsey books are there?
Elizabeth Pewsey has 15 books, released between 1994 and 2014. 6 of them belong to the Mountjoy series.
Elizabeth Pewsey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Elizabeth Pewsey books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119942241/4
- 219952951/4
- 3The Talking Head1996 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/419962161/4
- 419963271/4
- 519963361/4
- 6The Dewstone Quest1997 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/419972181/4
- 719972721/4
- 8The Walled City1998 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/419981861/4
- 919982721/4
- 10Hand of Doume1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 11Losing Larry2000 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420002881/4
- 12Travels and Travails2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 132014–1/4
- 142014–1/4
- 152014–1/4
Elizabeth Pewsey books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Mountjoy in order
6 booksElizabeth Aston Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
6 books6 Elizabeth Pewsey titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Elizabeth Pewsey books in order?
You only need to read Elizabeth Pewsey books in order within the Mountjoy series, which holds 6 of the 15 Elizabeth Pewsey books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Elizabeth Pewsey
Start with Children Of Chance (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elizabeth Pewsey book?
The Painted Fan (2014) is the newest Elizabeth Pewsey book released so far.
Is there a new Elizabeth Pewsey book coming?
No next Elizabeth Pewsey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Elizabeth Pewsey at a glance
- Died
- Elizabeth Pewsey died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Elizabeth Pewsey on record dates from 2014.
- Release pace
- Elizabeth Pewsey books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,634 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elizabeth Pewsey books, 10 of 15, were published in the 1990s.









