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Katharine McMahon is an historical novelist who, since 1990, has published ten books. Early life. McMahon studied English and Drama at University of Bristol and qualified as a teacher of English and Drama. Career.
Katharine is the author of ten novels, including The Hour of Separation, The Rose of Sebastopol, The Alchemist’s Daughter and The Crimson Rooms. She has run Guardian Masterclasses on Historical Fiction: Find a Guardian article, and accompanying e-book here.
Born in north-west London, Katharine studied English and Drama at Bristol University because she wanted either to act or to write. She wrote her first novel in a gap year following university and spent a couple of years teaching in a Hertfordshire comprehensive school.
‘What makes The Alchemist’s Daughter more than a routine entertainment is McMahon’s vivid sense of both the natural world and of the smells and illuminated darkness of Selden’s workroom. We believe in Emilie and come to love her for all her follies, because she is so passionate in her experience of the world around her.’
Katharine McMahon is the author of ten novels including the international bestseller The Rose of Sebastopol (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2008), which was shortlisted for the British Book Awards.
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Jan 19, 2024 · Katharine McMahon is the author of 10 novels, including the bestselling The Rose of Sebastopol, which was a Richard and Judy pick for 2007. The Crimson Rooms and The Alchemist's Daughter. Her latest book, The Hour of Separation, is our in paperback on 22nd August.
