Kate Lord Brown The Silver Thread

Kate Lord Brown curated art collections for palaces and embassies in Europe and the Middle East, and after many years living overseas recently returned to the UK. Kate graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art and KLC Design School. She gained a MA Dist in creative writing from the Manchester Writing School, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

In 2010 her writing career began when she was a finalist in the ITV People's Author contest. 'The Perfume Garden’ was shortlisted for UK Romantic Novel of the Year and she was a regional winner in the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition.

Her eighth novel The Silver Thread has just been published, and she has had top ten bestsellers in countries including the UK, US, Germany and Norway. Kate wrote the first book club column in the Middle East for two years, and has written for publications including the Daily Telegraph, Good Housekeeping and Condé Nast Traveller on everything from writing and expat life, to Arab horses, perfume and Japanese festivals. Kate writes epic C20 historical fiction with heart. www.katelordbrown.com