Essie was born and raised in Herefordshire, and studied English Literature at Sheffield Universtity.
Her debut, The Somnambulist, was shortlisted for the National Book Awards, and featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club. The Fascination was a Sunday Times best seller. Dangerous, a crime mystery featuring Lord Byron’s time in Venice, was also selected as a Times Book of the Month.
Essie has lectured at the V&A, the Westminster Library, and National Gallery in London. She also hosts a podcast called Talking the Gothic.
To contact Essie please email her literary agent: david.headley@dhhliteraryagency.com. or her publisher: Karen@orendabook.co.uk
BRONTE LOUNGE ONLINE EVENT on Thursday 2 April
Essie will be discussing the inspiration for her novel, Catherine, with the Bronte Parsonage Museum.
A link to the event is here
WRITING COMMUNITY CHAT SHOW
Join Essie on Friday April 10, online from 8-9pm UK time
HISTFEST 2026 AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
ON SUNDAY APRIL 19TH AT 3PM, ESSIE WILL BE APPEARING WITH DR TARA PURI AND GREG JENNER TO DISCUSS:
THE BRONTE SISTERS
HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ~ BOOK BRUNCH
Essie will be talking at this intimate literary brunch, held in the beautiful Imaginarium Room at the Cedar Court Hotel.
Get ready for a captivating morning of stories, conversation and a delicious brunch at our upcoming Book and Brunch event with Sunday Times bestselling author Essie Fox.
If you’ve found yourself newly obsessed with Wuthering Heights thanks to the buzz around the latest film adaptation, you’re not alone. The wild romance of the moors is firmly back in the spotlight and Essie Fox is here to take us deeper into that dark and irresistible world.
A master of gothic historical fiction and author of acclaimed novels including The Fascination, Dangerous and The Somnambulist, Essie’s latest novel, Catherine, daringly retells the classic tale through Catherine Earnshaw’s own voice. Passionate, rebellious and impossible to forget, Catherine finally gets to tell her side of one of literature’s most infamous love stories.
Tickets are available here.
More events will be added as soon as times and dates have been confirmed – including the Bookclub Tour Podcast, the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival, an online event with Warwick’s bookshop in California, the Scarborough Literary Festival, the Capital Crime Festival in London, the Bradford Literary Festival, the Historical Novels Association Conference in Maynooth as a keynote speaker in a session titled Gothic Legends for Today’s Readers, and The Edinburgh International Book Festival
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