Kathleen McGurl

Kathleen McGurl is a sagas and historical fiction author, who currently resides in Bournemouth with her husband and cat. She has two grown-up sons who have now left home. McGurl has always had a passion for writing, but it wasn't until later in life that she found the time to pursue her dream. After realizing that she would not be paid to take a year off work to write a book, she decided to take matters into her own hands and started writing one anyway.

Before concentrating on longer fiction, McGurl sold dozens of short stories to women's magazines in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has also written three books for writers and has self-published several novels with HQ. In 2019, after a long career in the IT industry, McGurl became a full-time writer. When she's not writing, she enjoys going for runs, albeit at a slow pace.

McGurl is known for her dual timeline novels, which she has published with CarinaUK and HQ. Her writing career began with creating short stories, which she published in women's magazines in Australia and the United Kingdom. She is originally from Christchurch, UK, where she lived with her husband and two sons before they left home.
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Mr Cavell's Diamond 2014
2 The Emerald Comb 2014
3 The Pearl Locket 2015
4 The Daughters Of Red Hill Hall 2016
5 The Girl From Ballymor 2017
6 The Drowned Village 2018
7 The Forgotten Secret 2019
8 The Stationmaster's Daughter 2019
9 The Secret of the Château 2020
10 The Forgotten Gift 2020
11 The Lost Sister 2021
12 The Girl from Bletchley Park 2021
13 The Storm Girl 2022
14 The Girl with the Emerald Flag 2022
15 The Lost Child 2024