Over the years, Lona Manning has been a home care aide, researcher, legal secretary, assistant to politicians, office manager, vocational instructor, ESL teacher and an administrator for several charities, but has always been an ardent Jane Austen fan.

In addition to her novels, she has authored several lengthy non-fiction investigative pieces about notable American crimes, such as: the murder of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the 1920 Wall Street bombing, the satanic ritual moral panic of the 90's, and the Rubin Hurricane Carter case. 

Lona Manning lives in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada, with her husband.