Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory is such a success she needs little introduction. Author of bestselling novels including The Other Boleyn Girl, which was made into a TV drama and a major film, 15 novels later, after writing a series on the magnificent Plantagenets, she has returned to the Tudors with The Taming of the Queen, asking the scintillating question: Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse, of course.

Especially when that man is King Henry VIII. His previous queen lasted 16 months. But Henry adores Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow. But is that enough to keep her safe? From the author who has described all of Henry’s queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last.

As well as her love of history as a fiction writer, Philippa reviews for major broadsheets, and regularly broadcasts on TV and radio. She lives on a small farm in Yorkshire with horses, hens and ducks.