Katie Hickman
Katie Hickman (born 1960[1]) is an English novelist and travel writer.
Hickman studied English literature at Pembroke College, Oxford.[2] The daughter of a diplomat, 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,[3] 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.[4]
Hickman is married to philosopher A. C. Grayling and they have a daughter, Madeleine.[5]
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
- ↑ "Katie Hickman", Author profile, HarperCollins (Canada)
- ↑ Katie Hickman website
- ↑ Harper Collins
- ↑ Bloomsbury Publishing
- ↑ The Independent, 12 February 2006, "A C Grayling: In search of the Holy Grayling"
