Essie Fox was born and raised in Herefordshire. After studying English Literature at Sheffield University, she moved to London and began a career in magazine and book publishing – before becoming self-employed in commercial art design. Always an avid reader, she now writes historical novels imbued with mystery, romance, and darkly gothic themes.

Essie has appeared at many literary events, including giving lectures at the V&A, the Westminster Library, and the National Gallery in London. She also hosts a podcast called Talking the Gothic.

Essie’s debut, The Somnambulist, was shortlisted for the National Book Awards, and featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club. The Fascination was an instant Sunday Times Top Ten best seller. Dangerous, a Regency crime thriller featuring Lord Byron, has been selected as a Times Book of the Month … as have all her other novels, including her latest – Catherine: A retelling of Wuthering Heights.

Essie will be appearing at these forthcoming events …

CHISWICK BOOK FESTIVAL

Best-selling historical novelist Essie Fox, ‘Queen of the gothic’, has retold Wuthering Heights from Catherine’s point of view. She describes the challenges and delights of rewriting a much-loved classic novel, in conversation with a super-fan of the book, crime novelist Emma Curtis (The Psychiatrist).

At Theatre at the Tabard, London, W4 1LW

On Sunday 13th September 1.30 – 2.30 pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Brontë Women’s Writing Festival

Do you have a taste for eerie moorland mansions and dark, mysterious secrets? 

If so, then this delightfully gothic panel with authors Essie Fox, Heba Al-Wasity and Stephanie Bramwell Lawes will help you discover more about creating the perfect gothic novel…

“Now, eighteen years later, Catherine rises from her grave to tell her story – and seek redemption.” Essie Fox is a Sunday Times bestselling author. Her latest novel, Catherine: A retelling of Wuthering Heights, reimagines Emily Brontë’s fictional world and tells the famous story from Catherine Earnshaw’s point of view. Essie was born and raised in Herefordshire. After studying English Literature at Sheffield University, she moved to London and began a career in magazine and book publishing – before becoming self-employed in commercial art design. Always an avid reader, she now writes historical novels. She also hosts a podcast called Talking the Gothic.

At the Old School Room, Church Street, Haworth, along with Heba Al-Wasity, and Stephanie Bramwell~Lawes

September 26th, at 10.30 am. £8

Tickets here

LINCOLN BOOK FESTIVAL

Emily Bronte panel on Sunday October 4th at 2pm

Join Essie and Dr Claire O’Callaghan who will discuss Emily Bronte, her life and her work, along with Dr Tim Rideout.

TICKETS HERE

THE OWL BOOKSHOP Kentish Town, London

OCTOBER 22nd, 6.30pm

On the paperback publication day for Catherine, Essie will be appearing with Caitlin Blackwell-Baines and Leon Craig as they discuss Homes, Hauntedness, & Belonging.

WHITBY BOOK FESTIVAL

Essie Fox and Jess Kidd, chaired by Amanda Mason

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20th

Passion. Revenge. Ghosts. Windswept moors. Few novels have cast a spell quite like Wuthering Heights.

Emily Brontë’s masterpiece has inspired generations of readers, artists and filmmakers, from Kate Bush’s unforgettable anthem to countless screen adaptations. Now acclaimed novelist Essie Fox dares to revisit one of literature’s most enigmatic heroines in Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights, giving Cathy Earnshaw the chance to tell her own story and reclaim her voice.

Joining her is bestselling author Jess Kidd, whose haunting new novel Little Spark blends gothic mystery with Victorian invention. Set in a shadowy house where brilliant minds are attempting to create lifelike automata, it follows a young girl with extraordinary electrical powers through a world of dark secrets, strange science and supernatural wonder.

Who better than Whitby own’s Amanda Mason, acclaimed for her atmospheric supernatural fiction, to chair the event – exploring the enduring appeal of gothic fiction, doomed love, restless spirits and the irresistible pull of the uncanny.

A richly imagined celebration of gothic fiction at its finest.

TICKETS HERE