Caitlin’s latest book, Private Inquiries: The Secret History of Female Sleuths (the History Press, 2023), tells the stories of the UK’s leading female private detectives from the 1850s to the present, combined with her own training as a PI. ‘Private Inquiries is a must-read - a riveting mythbuster, with its revelations of the real histories of women PIs’, Val McDermid.
Read MoreCaroline is interviewed by Ann Morgan about writing international stories, her roots as a foreign correspondent, the different forms of bravery involved in writing, and what it’s like to see your work adapted for the stage. An episode of Writers Aloud, an audio series featuring RLF writers.
Read More’Visiting a foreign city leaves me fantasising about what it would be like to cloak myself in another identity and live in another world.’ Caroline discusses how her fascination with other places works its way into her writing in this episode of Vox, a series of mini podcasts by Royal Literary Fund writers.
Read MoreCaitlin’s latest book Queens of the Underworld was published in October, by The History Press. ‘A riveting dive into the criminal underworld and the women who queened it there. A fascinating read,’ Helena Kennedy QC
Read MoreHone and hone that draft till the story emerges, the way a sculpture emerges from what was once a block of stone. Caroline discusses approaches to writing a novel in this episode of Vox, a series of mini podcasts by Royal Literary Fund writers.
Read MoreHow do writers deal with rejection? Caitlin discusses her approach in this episode of Vox, a series of bite-size audio recordings in which RLF writers explore topics around writing.
Caitlin discusses the best - and worst - advice she has received as a writer, in this episode of Vox, a series of bite-size audio recordings from the Royal Literary Fund.
Read MoreWhat do writers do when they get ‘blocked’? Caitlin tackles the subject in this episode of Vox, a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing.
Read MoreA 12-min podcast in which Caroline Brothers considers the issue of cultural appropriation, and what novelists might consider when they work in that space where fiction and documentary blur.
I [Leslie Tate] interviewed Caitlin Davies, author of several books about powerful women, as well as a teacher, social historian, and ambassador for the Thames Baths project.
Read MoreAn article in which Caroline discusses the advantages as well as the challenges that may beset those who wish to cross over from journalism to writing fiction.
Read MoreCaroline visits celebrated writers’ homes and asks, in an article for The Author, what value they offer writers today.
Read MoreIn an article for The Author, Caroline goes cold turkey in disconnecting from the internet at Hawthornden Castle, while working on her new novel.
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