Welcome to the website for writer, novelist, teacher, and playwright Leta Serafim!

Leta is best known for her Greek Islands Mysteries, which follow the suspenseful investigations of Inspector Patronus, who as the center of the Greek Islands Mysteries is a hero who combines courage and quiet magnetism with deep humanity—even as the world around him grows darker. Patronas anchors each novel with a basic decency that stays with the reader, and in the beauty and history of the Greek Isles that aren't just a backdrop, but an ever-living presence.

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Each of Leta Serafim's Greek Islands Mysteries is an electrifying story of crime and discovery, where the ancient and modern worlds collide for mysteries that are as timely as they are timeless. The series brings the islands to rich and suspenseful life in stories that include The Devil Takes Half, When the Devil's Idle, From the Devil's Farm, and An Evil Most Men Welcome (Coffeetown Press). Leta is now excited to announce the publication of the latest novel in the series, The Nameless Dead, which will be released on September 9, 2025. Leta is also the author of the acclaimed historical novel To Look on Death No More and the charming children's book Molly Saw a Bear.

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In her early career as a writer, Leta worked as a journalist at the Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau before moving to Greece, where she taught art and illustrated books. Upon her return to the United States, she wrote feature stories for The Boston Globe before trying her hand at fiction, which resulted in her Greek Islands Mysteries—and the rest is history.

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When she's not writing, Leta enjoys traveling and writing plays—including her much-anticipated new play Requiem, a two-act drama about revered Russian poet Anna Akhmatova.  While continuing to write and publish her fiction, she still continues to visit Greece each year and also teaches creative writing in the Boston area.