ABOUT

About Beverley

Beverley’s own story reads like one of the sweeping romances she writes—a tale of continents, centuries, and a life shaped by adventure.

Born in the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, her journey has taken her from managing remote safari lodges in Botswana’s Okavango Delta to the icy landscapes of Greenland, from the newsrooms of Australian newspapers and magazines to the lecture halls of a university.

Through it all, the power of story has been her constant companion.

Today, she is an internationally published author of more than 45 books, writing under three distinct names that reflect the different facets of her life.

Beverley Oakley: A Passion for the Past

As Beverley Oakley, she is the author of more than 40 historical romances brimming with passion, intrigue, and emotional complexity. From sparkling Regency rom-coms to gothic Victorian mysteries steeped in scandal and family secrets, her richly woven tales delight readers who love wit, drama, and humour in the grand tradition of the genre.

B.G. Nettelton: The Call of Africa

Under her maiden name, B.G. Nettelton, she brings to life the continent of her birth in suspenseful romantic adventures. Her Wings Over Africa series is inspired by her own experiences as a safari hostess and by the incredible diaries of her grandfather, who mapped Botswana’s vast interior by ox-cart in the 1920s.

These stories—part love story, part survival tale—capture the pulse of colonial and post-colonial Africa, where danger, desire, and justice collide under the vast African sky.

A Life of Adventure

Beverley’s path to becoming a novelist was anything but ordinary. While working at a safari lodge in Botswana, she met the bush pilot she would marry just a day before she was due to return home to resume her journalism career in South Australia.

Instead, she embarked on a new adventure, joining her husband on geophysical survey contracts around the world. As often the only woman on the crew, working in the back of low-flying survey aircraft in remote locations from Namibia to French Guyana, she turned to writing romance to amuse herself. That passion project blossomed into a remarkable career.

When she’s not writing, Beverley can be found lecturing on writing craft (as Beverley Eikli), visiting her daughters in Norway—her second home—or helping run the 75-acre, dog-friendly mud-brick B&B she and her family built from the ground up in South Australia’s beautiful Clare Valley.