Name Katie Hickman Children Madeleine Grayling | Spouse A. C. Grayling Role Novelist | |
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Books The Pindar Diamond, The Aviary Gate, Daughters of Britannia, Travels with a Mexican, Dreams of the Peaceful | ||
Education Pembroke College, Oxford | ||
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Katie Hickman (born 1960) is an English novelist and travel writer.
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- Katie hickman 5x15 running away with the circus
- Katie hickman talks about the pindar diamond
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Hickman studied English literature at Pembroke College, Oxford. The daughter of a diplomat, she began her career as a travel writer. Her first book was Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon (1987), an account of a journey across Bhutan. She followed it with A Trip to the Light Fantastic (1993), which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. Her next book, Daughters of Britannia: the Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives (1999) was a best-seller, and launched her as an author of history books. It was serialised on the BBC Radio 4 series Woman's Hour.
Her first novel, The Quetzal Summer (1992), resulted in her being nominated for the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award.
Hickman is married to philosopher A. C. Grayling and they have a daughter, Madeleine.
Katie hickman talks about the pindar diamond
