Katie Hickman
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Katie Hickman is an English novelist and travel writer.
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.
Hickman studied English literature at Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. As of 2009, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £44.9 million.-History:...
. 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
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. 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
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
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
A. C. Grayling
Anthony Clifford Grayling is a British philosopher. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, a private undergraduate college in London. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991...
and they have a daughter, Madeleine.
Works
- Travels with a Circus (2001)
- Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century (2003)