Laura Carlin

Laura Carlin left school at sixteen to work in retail banking and it was only after leaving her job to write full-time that she discovered her passion for storytelling and exploring pockets of history through fiction. 

She lives in a book-filled house in beautiful rural Derbyshire with her family and a very naughty cat. When she's not writing she enjoys walking in the surrounding countryside. 

Current Publication:

REQUIEM FOR A KNAVE - Hodder and Stoughton - February 2020

After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity, but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too.

The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light. Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before?

Praise for REQUIM FOR A KNAVE:

'Carlin can tell a good story' - The Observer

'A book of great beauty and lyricism' - On Magazine

Praise for THE WICKED COMETH:

'Fans of vintage Sarah Waters will love this chilling novel' - Red magazine

'A deliciously dark confection of a novel' - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

'Carlin's great at conjuring up an image of darkest 1800s London' - Stylist