Katie Hickman

© Neil Bennett

£6

6.30pm Wednesday 9 June 2010

Nairn Community Centre

Katie Hickman is the author of six previous books, including two bestselling history books, Courtesans and Daughters of Britannia, which was adapted as a highly successful 20-part series for BBC Radio 4.  She was born into a diplomatic family and spent the first 25 years of her life living in Europe, the Far East and South America. Her later travels lead to two acclaimed travel books, including Travels with a Circus, about her experiences travelling with a Mexican circus. She will be talking about the inspiration behind her stunning new historical novel, The Pindar Diamond, giving some readings from it and answering questions about her life and writing.