Katie Hickman is an English novelist, historian and travel writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand to the diplomat and author John Kyrle Hickman and Jennifer Olive (Love) Hickman. She is the author of ten books, including two best-selling history books, which between them have sold more than a quarter of a million copies worldwide. Her travel book A Trip to the Light Fantastic was one of The Independent's Books of the Year (1993) and was short-listed for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award (1994). Her fiction works have earned a nomination for the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award and her trilogy of historical novels The Aviary Gate (2008), The Pindar Diamond (2011) and The House at Bishopsgate (2016) have been translated into 20 languages. She is featured in the Oxford University Press guide to women travellers, Wayward Women. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2026.

Daughters of Britannia
1999
ISBN 9780006387800
Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon
1990
ISBN 9780708921227
Courtesans
2003
ISBN 9780007743971
Die Liebenden von Konstantinopel
2009
ISBN 9783828995277
Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West
2022
ISBN 9781667074085