Kate Mosse – The Map of Bones

Join international number one bestselling novelist, Kate Mosse as she returns to Guildford to talk about The Map of Bones, the final book in the Joubert Chronicles series.

A fast-moving, heart-breaking multi-generational epic of adventure and love, family and dispossession, injustice and hope. Set in the Cape Colony in the 17th and 19th century, against the glorious landscape of southern Africa.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate Mosse is the author of ten novels & short story collections, including the No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles – The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship – as well as the multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel - and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter.

Her books have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries. She has also written four works of non-fiction – including her memoir about caring An Extra Pair of Hands and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World, which inspired her first one-woman show and theatre tour.

A champion of women's creativity, Kate is the Founder Director of the Women's Prizes - the largest annual celebration of women's writing in the world - and is the Founder of the global campaign #WomanInHistory launched in January 2021 to honour, celebrate and promote women’s achievements throughout history. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to literature and women, was named Woman of the Year for her service to the arts in the Everywoman Awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. A regular guest on book & arts shows on radio and television, she also writes and presents documentaries. @katemosse

Host or Publisher Guildford Book Festival