Lucy Adlington

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“Kate is a powerful mix of understanding and demanding.”

New York Times bestselling author Lucy Adlington is also a dress historian with more than twenty years experience researching social history. She runs History Wardrobe, a company which presents costume-in-context talks across the world.

Lucy’s YA novels have been longlisted for the CLIP Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for many other book awards including the Manchester Book Prize and the Leeds Book Prize. The Red Ribbon, inspired by the dressmakers of Auschwitz, is published in the UK, USA and translated into 14 languages.

Lucy’s history book, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, was sold on proposal at auction in the UK, USA and 19 translation territories. It reached #4 on the New York Times bestseller list (paperback non-fiction) the week after publication, peaked at #2 and remained in the NYT charts for six months.

Lucy lives on a farm in Yorkshire.

lucy’S BOOKS

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, UK Hodder, USA Harper, 2021; Summerland, Hot Key Books, 2019; Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2, Pen & Sword, 2019; The Red Ribbon, Hot Key Books, 2017; Stitches in Time, Random House Books, 2015; Fashion: Women in World War One, Pitkin Guides, 2014; Great War Fashion, The History Press, 2013; Night Witches, Hodder Children’s Books, 2013; Burning Mountain, Hodder Children’s Books, 2010; The Glittering Eye, Hodder Children’s Books, 2009; Cherry Heaven, Hodder Children’s Books, 2007; The Diary of Pelly-D, Hodder Children’s Books, 2005.

REVIEWERS

“Utterly absorbing, important and unique.”

Judy Battalion author of The Light of Our Days

“A fresh, moving Auschwitz survival story involving a remarkable group of women.”

Kirkus

“Captivates, inspires and ultimately enriches.”

Heather Morris author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

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WRITERS WHO HAVE INSPIRED LUCY

Childhood favourites were JRR Tolkien and Enid Blyton. These days I’m inspired by writers who dare to find their own voice and tell bold new stories.

LUCY ABOUT KATE

Many of my ideas are spun from history and each book I write stretches my imagination and abilities. Kate has been supportive right from that first, heady ‘I want to represent you’ phone call. She’s a powerful mix of understanding and demanding.

KATE ABOUT LUCY

From the very first pages of Lucy’s first novel I was hooked. She is not capable of writing a dull sentence. Her prose draws you in; the stories she tells are utterly remarkable; and her knowledge of and passion for women’s lives and stories through history are infectious.

Lucy’s non-fiction has opened my eyes to heart-breaking stories of the Holocaust. She finds startling new ways to tell of the horrors, while celebrating and honouring the women she writes about.