Dr Erica Canela is an early modern social historian with a focus on seventeenth-century English Quaker history and the psychological trauma shaped by the British Civil Wars. Erica holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, where she also serves as an Honorary Research Fellow. She prides herself on writing history that is highly accessible through deeply-researched and spellbinding storytelling. Erica lives in North Somerset with her husband, Neil, and their very cool cat, Alex.