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Kate Griffin

Kate Griffin was born within the sound of Bow bells, making her a true-born cockney. She has worked as an assistant to an antiques dealer, a journalist for local newspapers and now works for The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, Kate's first book, won the Stylist / Faber crime writing competition. Kate's maternal family lived in Victorian Limehouse and her grandmother told her many stories of life around the docks. Kate lives in St Albans.

Genres: Historical Mystery, Horror, Historical

Series

Kitty Peck
   1. Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders (2013)
   2. Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill-Fortune (2015)
   3. Kitty Peck and the Daughter of Sorrow (2017)
   4. Kitty Peck and the Parliament of Shadows (2019)

Novels

Fyneshade (2023)

Series contributed to

HWA Short Story Collection
4. Victoriana (2020) (with others)

Books containing stories by Kate Griffin

The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic (2013)
(Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic, book 1)
edited by
Jenny Barber and Jan Edwards

Award nominations

2014 CWA Historical Dagger (shortlist) : Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders

Kate Griffin recommends

Nephthys (2025)
Rachel Louise Driscoll
"Gothic shivers beneath a blazing Egyptian sun. This terrific tale of a female Victorian Egyptologist battling a cursed past and uncertain future unfolds and reveals like a precious papyrus manuscript. Loved!"

The Bells of Westminster (2024)
Leonora Nattrass
"Reads like Barchester crossed with Agatha Christie with a light dusting of Austen... Fresh funny and beautifully done."

The Betrayal of Thomas True (2024)
A J West
"Writing like a modern Fielding, A.J. West packs in humour, horror and a raging sense of injustice."