Cathy FitzGerald is a writer and documentary-maker. She’s a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, 3 and the World Service as presenter and producer, making programmes on subjects including magic carpets, love letter ghost-writing and why we like looking at blue sky. Her documentaries have won many prizes, including Arias, Third Coast Festival and Whicker's World. Radio Times called her ‘one of radio’s most original' creators. She has a DPhil in the work of Charles Dickens. Pinch Perkins and the Midsummer Curse is her first novel.

‘Brimming with adventure, enchantment and fun! A must-must-must-read!’

Cathy FitzGerald is a writer and documentary-maker. She’s a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, 3 and the World Service as presenter and producer, making programmes on subjects including magic carpets, love letter ghost-writing and why we like looking at blue sky. Her documentaries have won many prizes, including Arias, Third Coast Festival and Whicker's World. Radio Times called her ‘one of radio’s most original' creators. She has a DPhil in the work of Charles Dickens. Pinch Perkins and the Midsummer Curse is her first novel.

‘Brimming with adventure, enchantment and fun! A must-must-must-read!’