Katie Hickman
Katie Lucy Hickman (born 6 December 1960)[1] is an English novelist, historian and travel writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
Hickman studied English literature at Pembroke College, Oxford.[2] The daughter of John Kyrle Hickman, a diplomat and author, and Jennifer Olive (Love) Hickman[3], she began her career as a travel writer. Her first book was Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon (1987), an account of a journey across Bhutan. She followed it with A Trip to the Light Fantastic (1993), which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. Her next book, Daughters of Britannia: the Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives (1999) was a best-seller,[4] and launched her as an author of history books. It was serialised on the BBC Radio 4 series Woman's Hour.
Her first novel, The Quetzal Summer (1992), resulted in her being nominated for the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award.[5]
Hickman is married to philosopher A. C. Grayling and they have a daughter, Madeleine.[6]
Bibliography
Travel
- Travels with a Circus (2001)
- Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon: Journey into Bhutan (2002)
Novels
- The Aviary Gate (2009)
- The Pindar Diamond (2011)
Other
- Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives (2002)
- Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century (2003)
References
- ^ encyclopedia.com
- ^ Pembroke College Alumni website
- ^ Encyclopedia.com, retrieved 12 March 2018
- ^ Harper Collins
- ^ Bloomsbury Publishing
- ^ Sholto Byrnes (12 February 2006). "A C Grayling: In search of the Holy Grayling". The Independent.