About
Barry S. Richman combines his military service with a passion for Pride and Prejudice retellings.
After years of reading widely across the JAFF universe, he accepted his wife’s challenge to write one of his own. His novels reimagine Austen’s world through alternate histories shaped by honour, conflict, and love.
His works include:
Doubt Not, Cousin (2023) — Kitty Bennet
The Scarred Duchess (2024) — Jane Bennet
Follow The Drum (2025) — Mary Bennet
Colour My World (2025) — Elizabeth Bennet
Barry and his “Jane Bennet” divide their time between Los Angeles and a seaside town in southwestern Turkey.
Featured Work
Follow The Drum
Thomas Bennet is at the heart of a dangerous secret for the British kingdom. When his daughter is born with a grievous affliction, the attention that follows threatens to unravel the careful life he has built. Soon his family is broken, some lost forever.
Forced from Longbourn, Elizabeth Bennet is burdened by secrets she must keep. As she forges new friendships and finds herself drawn to a Darcy who has a turbulent past of his own, hard choices await.
Follow the Drum is a tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and the impossible choices that arise when the demands of a kingdom fracture the bonds of blood. As the Bennets navigate treacherous secrets, they wonder will saving the kingdom make them lose everything.
