WELCOME

Welcome to my website, where you can find out more about my historical novels, other books and journalism.

Portrait of an Unknown Woman, my well reviewed first work of fiction, came out in paperback in the United States in May 2008, published by William Morrow. Its publisher in the UK is HarperCollins.

Listen to audio clips of Portrait of an Unknown Woman

In the UK, my second novel, Figures in Silk, made its hardback debut in May 2008. Set in fifteenth-century London, at the end of the Wars of the Roses, it deals with the world of silk merchants and craftswoman – and features King Richard III, best remembered for his possible role in the disappearance of his nephews, the Princes in the Tower.

OTHER WORKS

There’s also information about my two previous non-fiction books, The Taste of Dreams: An Obsession with Russia and Caviar, and Crying Wolf: The Return of War to Chechnya,as well as links to publicity material, events and some of my journalism.