Biographical Info My name is Kate. I live in leafy Surrey, England in a haunted bakery on the banks of the river Thames, with my two sons and two rescue dogs. When I'm not writing, I love walking, mountains, yoga and reading. I am a journalist by trade and have spent the past thirty years working for Fleet Street national newspapers. Eleven years ago I discovered the rich and complex working-class history of East London, a place made famous by Call the Midwife. Ever since then, I have been passionate about uncovering the stories I consider missing from the history books. Stories of clandestine matriarchal communities pitting their wits against war, violence and poverty....tales of enormous camaraderie and tight-knit communities who are the beating heart of East London. I'm at my happiest sitting in the living room of an elderly cockney drinking tea and listening to the unfiltered gush of social history. I have written twelve fiction and non-fiction titles. My debut novel, Secrets of the Singer Girls, became a Sunday Times bestseller when it launched in 2015. My first non-fiction book, which uncovered the lives of extraordinary women of wartime East End, The Stepney Doorstep Society was published by Penguin (Michael Joseph) in August 2018 and reached number one in the history categories on Amazon. The Little Wartime Library released in February, 2023, and is based on the remarkable true story of Bethnal Green Underground’s shelter library in WW2. The Wartime Book Club, released 2024 is based on the true story of Jersey library in the Channel Islands during the Occupation in WW2. My new non-fiction, Do Not Cry When I Die, published by Alcove in the US and Simon & Schuster in Canada is published in March 2025. The book is written in collaboration with one the worlds oldest Holocaust survivors, 95-year-old Renee Salt and tells her remarkable survival story. The book has become an International best seller and a Sunday Times top ten bestseller in the UK. Renee and I are available for book club meetings.