Krumau an der Moldau, 1684 The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe I was seven years old when I saw Jaroslav Černy hanged. I feel the pressure of Master Gottwald’s fingers on my shoulders still. …Continue Reading “The Execution of Heinrich von Schwarzenberg”
Author: Katherine Mezzacappa
Katherine Mezzacappa is Irish but now lives in Carrara in Italy, between the Apuan Alps and the Tyrrhenian Sea. As Katie Hutton, her début novel The Gypsy Bride, will be published by Bonnier Zaffre in June 2020, with a sequel to follow in 2021.
Katherine’s short fiction (ranging from commercial to historical to paranormal themes) has been published by Ireland’s Own, Erotic Review Magazine, The Copperfield Review, Turnpike Magazine, Henshaw Press and Severance, and she also writes short romance under the pseudonym Kate Zarrelli (eXtasy Books). She has also published academically in the field of 19th century ephemeral illustrated fiction, and in management theory.
Katherine has worked as a management consultant, museum curator, library assistant, lecturer in History of Art, sewing machinist and geriatric care assistant. In her spare time she volunteers with a second-hand book charity of which she is a founder member.
Katherine is a member of the Irish Writers Centre, the Historical Novel Society (for which she reviews) and the Romantic Novelists Association.
She has a first degree in History of Art, an M.Litt. in Eng. Lit. and a Masters in Creative Writing.
Katherine is represented by Annette Green Authors’ Agency in the UK.
You can follow Katherine at:
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