Essie Fox is a traditionally published, Sunday Times Best-selling author of gothic historical mystery novels. Essie has been shortlisted for the National Book Awards, has featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club, has been selected for You Magazine’s Book of the Month, and The Times Historical Novel of the Month. She has appeared at various literary events, including panel discussions for the Historical Novel Conferences, and has lectured at the V&A, and the National Gallery in London.
Essie’s novels, in chronological order, are: The Somnambulist. Elijah’s Mermaid. The Goddess and the Thief. The Last Days of Leda Grey. The Fascination. Dangerous.
Catherine, her seventh novel was published in HB in February 2026. This retelling of Wuthering Heights explores the story from the point of view of Cathy’s ghost. Catherine was chosen as a Times Historical Book of the Month.
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