Kate Summerscale Books in Order

Kate Summerscale is an English writer and journalist, celebrated for her meticulously researched and engaging non-fiction works. She won the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction in 2008 with The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House, which drew inspiration from an 1890s anthology of unsolved crime stories. Her bestselling biography, The Queen of Whale Cay, about Joe Carstairs, the 'fastest woman on water', earned her a Somerset Maugham Award in 1998 and a shortlisting for the 1997 Whitbread Awards. As a journalist, Summerscale worked for The Independent and The Daily Telegraph, with her articles appearing in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, and The Sunday Telegraph. She has judged various literary competitions, including the Booker Prize in 2001, and her dedication to storytelling has captivated readers worldwide.