Kate Summerscale
Kate Summerscale is an author and journalist based in London. She is the author of books including The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House, Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace, The Wicked Boy and The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession.
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