Penelope Holt was born and educated in England and now lives in New York. She is a playwright, novelist, marketing executive, and prolific business writer.

The Angel Scroll, Roundfire Books, June 2024, is a romantic thriller and mystery. Claire Lucas and Richard Markson, both bereaved, undertake a scavenger hunt across the world’s most sacred places to locate three mystical and healing paintings prophesied by an ancient scroll. In search of a miracle, the pair engage adventure and danger, confronting unexpected truths, losses, love, and the supernatural, as they explorwhat lies beyond death.

The Apple goes behind the Herman Rosenblat Holocaust hoax. The book explores how Rosenblat received national acclaim after appearances on the Oprah Show. But praise turned to widespread condemnation once it surfaced that he had fabricated the romantic tale that he wove into his authentic Holocaust account.

Switching it up and writing as Bella Sayer, Polly Wants a Lover is a romance. It begins when a distracted Polly Sullivan, distraught after discovering that her husband is a chronic cheat, runs her Subaru into Marcus Bell’s pick up truck, only to find herself on a collision course with new love that brings weighty decisions for her life and career as a once successful and still aspiring dancer.

Other books include Singing God’s Work, (Retitled Angels in Harlem) York House Press, Emotional Intelligence at Work, Business Expert Press.