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Welcome to my website This is where you can read about me and my books:
Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread is my debut novel, set in the 1920s.
'Superb ... an ode to the pioneering women who embraced new opportunities in the aftermath of The Great War. I loved it!' - Jessica Bull, author of Miss Austen Investigates
'A hat box of delights, full of period detail' - Claire Wilcox, author of Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes and Professor in Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion
'Delightful is the word ... Women supporting women in sisterhood and friendship. A glorious glut of period details - how you will long for a cloche hat' - Natasha Poliszcuk, Content Director of BookBrunch
I am also the author of:
The Button Box: The story of women in the 20th century, told through the clothes they wore
'An ingenious tour of domestic and social history' - Clare Harman, Guardian
'A delicious gem of a book' - Spectator
Hear me discuss The Button Box with Jenni Murray on Woman's Hour
Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: The Story of an Accidental Family, A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
'A book to recommend with all one's heart ... It's a book you want to hug with joy at each turn of fortune ... Knight tells her tale scintillatingly' - The Times
Clarice Cliff, A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
'You do not have to be an admirer of Clarice Cliff's pottery to relish this biography ... scrupulously researched ... fascinating' - Sheila Hancock, Observer Books of the Year
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'A seamless blend of elegance and drama, stitched together with exquisite skill...Phantom Thread meets Miss Marple'
Orlando Murrin, author of Knife Skills for Beginners
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