

She co-wrote Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty with Anderson Cooper, out now from Harper. The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, her latest novel for adults, was published by Henry Holt and Co in the summer 2019. In 2014 she edited The Penguin Book of Witches for Penguin Classics, a primary source reader on the history of witchcraft in England and North America which made a regional bestseller list and which has been translated into Spanish and Russian.

For young adults, Katherine has written Conversion, which received the 2015 Massachusetts Book Award in young adult literature, and a New York City-based literary ghost story called The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen, which was named a 2016 “Must Read” for young adults by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Her adult novels are The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, which debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2009 and was named one of USA Today’s top ten books of the year, and The House of Velvet and Glass, which was a USA Today bestseller in 2011.

Katherine Howe is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer of historical fiction. Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.To her surprise, her genealogy yielded an unexpected connection to some of her characters Related Episodes:Įpisode 190: Writing Genealogical Crime Mysteries with Nathan Dylan GoodwinĮpisode 189: Mathew Pearl on Narrative Non-Fiction and the Taking of Jemima Boone Links: Katherine and Maureen discuss how history and major events in our past have inspired Katherine’s work. This week, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe.
