Press Kit
Please find below a variety of author bios and high-resolution author pictures. All pictures © Jim Lumsden.
For other press queries, please contact my literary agent, Karolina Sutton, at CAA (Creative Artists Agency).
Author Bio (50 words)
Katie Lumsden is a writer and freelance editor from London, with a passion for nineteenth century literature and history. Her YouTube channel, Books and Things, has more than 37,000 subscribers. She has written three novels: The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst and The Christmas Tree Murders.
Author Bio (100 words)
Katie Lumsden is a writer and freelance editor from London, with a passion for nineteenth century novels. She has a degree in English literature and history from the University of Durham and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University. Her YouTube channel, Books and Things, has more than 37,000 subscribers.
Katie’s debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Her second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is a love letter to Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell, and her third novel, The Christmas Tree Murders, is her first foray into crime fiction.
Author Bio (200 words)
Katie Lumsden is a writer and freelance editor from London, with a passion for nineteenth century novels. She spent her teenage years devouring classic literature, reading every Dickens, Brontë, Gaskell, Trollope, Hardy and Austen novel she could find, and it is her love of books and history that inspires her to write.
After a degree in English literature and history, Katie studied for an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University, before embarking on a career in the publishing industry. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the London Short Story Prize and the Bridport Prize, and have been published in various literary magazines, including Litro and Brittle Star.
Katie’s YouTube channel, Books and Things, has more than 37,000 subscribers. Here she reviews and recommends books, focusing on classics and historical fiction. Through her BookTube and Bookstagram channels, she co-founded and hosts the readathon #Victober, which has been running for over a decade and dedicates the month of October to reading Victorian literature.
Katie’s debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Her second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is a love letter to Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell, and her third novel, The Christmas Tree Murders, is her first foray into crime fiction.
