Kate Mosse

Kate Mosse is an international bestselling novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist and playwright. With sales of more than 8 million copies worldwide, her books have been translated into 37 languages and published in 40 countries. Her fiction includes the Languedoc trilogy ( Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel ), the gothic novels The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter , a short story collection ( The Mistletoe Bride ) and more recently a historical adventure series, The Burning Chambers...See more

Kate Mosse is an international bestselling novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist and playwright. With sales of more than 8 million copies worldwide, her books have been translated into 37 languages and published in 40 countries. Her fiction includes the Languedoc trilogy ( Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel ), the gothic novels The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter , a short story collection ( The Mistletoe Bride ) and more recently a historical adventure series, The Burning Chambers and The City of Tears . Her non-fiction includes the highly-acclaimed memoir An Extra Pair of Hands and she is working on a book and television series based on her global 'Woman in History' campaign. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Kate is a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing and Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. An interviewer and presenter, she hosts the pre-show series at Chichester Festival Theatre, chairs Platform events for the National Theatre and is an Ambassador for Parkinson's UK. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 and a CBE in 2024 for services to literature, women and charity. See less