Katie Hickman

Katie Lucy Hickman (born 6 December 1960[1]) is an English novelist 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

  1. ↑ "Katie Hickman", Author profile, HarperCollins (Canada)
  2. ↑ Katie Hickman website
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia.com, retrieved 12 March 2018
  4. ↑ Harper Collins
  5. ↑ Bloomsbury Publishing
  6. ↑ The Independent, 12 February 2006, "A C Grayling: In search of the Holy Grayling"
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