My new novel is currently included in a Waterstones promotion, so if you pre-order it online from Waterstones before this Friday and use the code SUMMER26, you can get 25% off 🎉 www.waterstones.com/book/the-chr...

Some exciting news! My new novel, The Christmas Tree Murders, is out later this year, and doesn't it look beautiful? Within it you'll find: 🔎 Some amateur sleuths ✉️ Various epistolary elements ✒️ A narrator who talks to the reader 🔑 Characters with secrets aplenty 🎄 Lots of Victorian festive fun

Happy #JaneAustenJuly! If you don’t know what Jane Austen July is, it’s a month-long readathon I host every July all about celebrating Jane Austen. More info here: youtu.be/RJeWNLj7JBY

So, apparently someone is impersonating me online – if anyone is receiving emails like this from katielumsden48@gmail.com (I gather they are targeting Booktubers), this is very much NOT me. Please report any such emails as spam!

I appear to have gained many new followers today on account of that time an AI spammer mistook me for Jane Austen, so if you're new here, hello. I am *not* Jane Austen, but I *am* an author. I write historical novels and also talk about books on the internet: www.youtube.com/@katiejlumsden

My novel The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is on sale on ebook this month in the UK for just 99p 🎉 Where to buy: Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Apple: books.apple.com/gb/book/the-... Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-...

In exciting news, I have a new novel coming out later this year 🎉 I’m not *quite* ready to tell you about it yet, but I should be soon, and in the meantime, I thought I’d give you a few hints by showing some of the books I’ve been using for historical research.

I'm currently running a survey all about the Victorian author Anthony Trollope, and I'm looking for fans of his work to take part. The survey is here: forms.gle/GMTBXVvfHMcT... and will be open until 17th April. You can find more info about this project here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwlE...

Psst! My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is 99p on ebook this month on various platforms! 🎉 Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780... Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hart... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Apple: books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...

I get a lot of AI slop book marketing emails, but this is the first time I have ever been . . . mistaken for Jane Austen.

Some authors want to be bestsellers or to win literary prizes, but I think my chief ambition as a writer is to one day be in the #hiddenbooksgame.

As ever, I am absolutely loving the #hiddenbooksgame, but I am stumped on the hair and the social calendar.

Psst! This VERY exciting new anthology all about Jane Austen is out now, and I have an essay featured in it, all about my love of Jane Austen and how it’s grown over the years. I had a great time celebrating the launch last night, and I can’t wait to read everyone else’s contributions.

Psst – The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is 99p only on ebook right now in the UK, on Amazon, Kobo and Apple 🥳 Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CD... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Apple: books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...

So excited for this event next week with @alexhaybooks.bsky.social and @jessicabull.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social Trafalgar Square. Come and join us for an excellent evening discussing all things historical fiction! Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/histo...

The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is out in paperback today. This book took me a long time to write, and I love it so very much. I hope you do, too.

Just one day to go until The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is out in paperback 🥳

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Ten years ago today, I made the life-changing decision to start a #Booktube channel. A decade on, Booktube has brought me so many amazing friends from all over the world, so many great book recommendations and so much utter joy. 🥰📚

Just seven days to go until The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is out in paperback 🥳 Which means it’s time for another countdown!

Just three weeks to go until the paperback of Montgomery Hurst is out! 🥳

Just one month to go until the release of the paperback of The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, and isn’t it beautiful? 🎉

Very excited to see the #WalterScottPrize 2025 longlist released today 🥳 I've read 1/12 so far (Glorious Exploits, which I entirely recommend – what a book!) and can't wait to get to the rest.

A few of my favourite reads of 2024 📚

Well, this is rather exciting 👀

The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is on sale for 99p for JUST A FEW MORE HOURS 🥳 📖 www.amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-...