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Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse is an author and broadcaster. The Co-Founder of the Orange Prize for Fiction (OPF) and the Orange Award for New Writers (OANW), she is also a former Executive Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. With her husband, author and teacher Greg Mosse, she teaches creative writing at West Dean College, West Sussex. She is a Trustee of Arts & Business and the South West Sussex Arts Group.
Genres: Historical
Series
Novels
Eskimo Kissing (1996)
Crucifix Lane (1998)
The Winter Ghosts (2009)
The Taxidermist's Daughter (2014)
Crucifix Lane (1998)
The Winter Ghosts (2009)
The Taxidermist's Daughter (2014)
Omnibus
Collections
Great Escapes (2008) (with Amanda Craig, Virginia Ironside, Kathy Lette, Deborah Moggach, Lesley Pearse, Rose Tremain, Jane Elizabeth Varley, Fay Weldon and Isabel Wolff)
The Mistletoe Bride (2013)
The Mistletoe Bride (2013)
Series contributed to
Non fiction
Becoming a Mother (1993)
The House (1995)
The Library Book (2012) (with Alan Bennett, Ann Cleeves, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Tom Holland, Val McDermid, Lucy Mangan, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver and Hardeep Kohli Singh)
The House (1995)
The Library Book (2012) (with Alan Bennett, Ann Cleeves, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Tom Holland, Val McDermid, Lucy Mangan, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver and Hardeep Kohli Singh)
Awards
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Kate Mosse recommends
The Russian Concubine (2007)
(Russian Concubine, book 2)
Kate Furnivall
"Wonderful... a gripping love story... A hugely ambitious and atmospheric epic novel."
The Snake Stone (2007)
(Yashim the Eunuch, book 2)
Jason Goodwin
"Everything you could want from a novel - a cracking story, beautifully written, with a wonderfully seductive and original detective in the figure of Yashim the Eunuch."
The Dark Volume (2008)
(Miss Temple, Doctor Svenson, and Cardinal Chang, book 2)
Gordon Dahlquist
"Fantastic... I was in seventh heaven."
Rules of Deception (2008)
(Jonathan Ransom, book 1)
Christopher Reich
"Fast-paced and intriguing, RULES OF DECEPTION is a great international thriller full of twists and turns that kept me guessing to the very end. A very enjoyable read."
Sashenka (2008)
(Moscow Trilogy, book 1)
Simon Sebag Montefiore
"Gripping from start to finish with a wonderful heroine. The perfect mix of sweeping history and page-turning storytelling."
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life (2009)
(All the Hopeful Lovers)
William Nicholson
"Utterly captures the sense of quiet desperation of ordinary lives . . . and the ways in which life turns on a sixpence."
One Day (2009)
David Nicholls
"I really loved it . . . it's absolutely wonderful . . . just so moving and engaging."
The Rapture (2009)
Liz Jensen
"Part literary ecological disaster, part critique about the dangers of evangelical religion, this is a pace imaginative novel, full of twists and turns, that deserves to be read in one sitting."
Heresy (2010)
(Giordano Bruno, book 1)
S J Parris
"It has everything - intrigue, mystery, and excellent history."
The Holy Thief (2010)
(Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, book 1)
William Ryan
"A subtle, superb mystery, a wonderful central character and a sense of place and period to rival even the greatest of Russian masters. More please!"
The Key (2012)
(Sancti Trilogy , book 2)
Simon Toyne
"A fast moving, thoroughly enjoyable, adventure - plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and a wonderfully imaginative reinterpretation of a slice of religious history. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting"
The Madness of July (2012)
(Will Flemyng, book 1)
James Naughtie
"A hugely satisfying thriller that grips from the first page to the last."
The Steady Running of the Hour (2014)
Justin Go
"A wonderful time-slip story, beautifully written, emotionally engaging and ambitious. I loved it!"
The Chalk Pit (2017)
(Ruth Galloway Mystery, book 9)
Elly Griffiths
"Ruth Galloway is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction."
By Blood Divided (2017)
(Mistra Chronicles / Rise of Empires Chronicles, book 4)
James Heneage
"Wonderful history, adventure and a heart-breaking love story are brought thrillingly to life."
While You Sleep (2018)
Stephanie Merritt
"It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history."
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