Author Kate Mosse - who has sold millions of books and is translated into nearly 40 languages - gave the Grill lecture at Churcher’s College on Wednesday 7 May to an audience of around 300 students and guests.

She spoke about history being a pendulum and, though she travels hopefully, we need to re-fight battles and feels women are falling behind – again.

She also gave advice to would be writers – practice and read.

She spoke to Mike Waddington about what history is, and who writes it, with a role for good story telling through novels.

Kate Mosse CBE FRSL is an award-winning novelist, playwright, performer, campaigner, interviewer and non-fiction writer. The author of ten novels and short-story collections, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy (Labyrinth, Sepulchre, Citadel), The Joubert Family Chronicles (The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship, The Map of Bones) and No. 1 bestselling Gothic fiction, including The Taxidermist’s Daughter and The Winter Ghosts.

The Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – the world’s largest annual literary awards celebrating writing by woman - she is also the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign.

Author Kate Mosse - who has sold millions of books and is translated into nearly 40 languages - gave the Grill lecture at Churcher&rsquo;s College on Wednesday 7 May to an audience of around 300 students and guests.
She spoke about history being a pendulum and, though she travels hopefully, we need to re-fight battles and feels women are falling behind &ndash; again.
She also gave advice to would be writers &ndash; practice and read.
She spoke to Mike Waddington about what history is, and who writes it, with a role for good story telling through novels.
Kate Mosse CBE FRSL is an award-winning novelist, playwright, performer, campaigner, interviewer and non-fiction writer. The author of ten novels and short-story collections, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy (Labyrinth, Sepulchre, Citadel), The Joubert Family Chronicles (The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship, The Map of Bones) and No. 1 bestselling Gothic fiction, including The Taxidermist&rsquo;s Daughter and The Winter Ghosts.
The Founder Director of the Women&rsquo;s Prize for Fiction and the Women&rsquo;s Prize for Non-Fiction &ndash; the world&rsquo;s largest annual literary awards celebrating writing by woman - she is also the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign.

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