Katy Moran is the Carnegie-nominated author of six YA novels published by Walker Books. Her adult historical fiction novel False Lights was published by Head of Zeus under the name K.J. Whittaker. She lives in Shropshire.
'Full of glamour, gossip and gripping intrigue' * Yours * PRAISE FOR WICKED BY DESIGN AND FALSE LIGHTS: 'A thrilling, sexy romp through brilliantly reimagined history. Hester is one of my very favourite heroines and it's probably best not to ask what I'd like to do with Crow ... Totally absorbing' Holly Hepburn. 'Sweeping and romantic, with a hero to rival Ross Poldark, Wicked by Design is a fantastic and compelling novel that draws you in and paints a glorious alternative St Petersburg, keeping you hooked until the end' Imogen Edwards-Jones. 'A swashbuckling, sparkling world of a novel [...] with a mad, bad and dangerous to know hero' Suzannah Dunn. 'Excellent writing and characterization pushes it up several notches - with special mention for Hester: a fizzing-with-life, believable and resourceful heroine if ever there was one' Daily Mail. 'A cross between Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett and Poldark' * iNews *