Katherine Pangonis

Katherine Pangonis

Author and historian

Katherine Pangonis is an award-winning author and historian, specialising in Renaissance and medieval history. She has published two critically-acclaimed books: Queens of Jerusalem, currently being adapted for TV by Amazon Studios and Hera Pictures, and Twilight Cities, which won the 2024 Somerset Maugham Prize. She has written for British Vogue, The Economist and BBC History. Katherine was born and aaised in London, and has been living in Paris, France for the last two years, where she wrote A History of France in 21 Women.