Author Chat - Katherine Mezzacappa

Katherine Mezzacappa is an Irish writer of mainly historical fiction, currently living in Italy. She has published several novels under the pen names of Katie Hutton and Kate Zarrelli. Her latest novel, The Maiden of Florence was released in April 2024 by Fairlight Publishers. She works as a manuscript assessor for The Literary Consultancy. Katherine reviews for the Historical Novel Society’s quarterly journal and is one of the organisers of the Society’s 2022 UK conference. In her spare time, she volunteers with a used book charity of which she is a founder member.