Catherine Arnold

Catharine Arnold is a British author, journalist, and academic best known for her 'London' series of popular history books, including Necropolis: London and Its Dead (2006), Bedlam: London and Its Mad (2008), City of Sin: London and Its Vices (2010), Underworld London (2012), and Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London (2015), along with Pandemic 1918 (2018). She studied English at Girton College, Cambridge, holds a postgraduate degree in psychology, and served as UK Council for Psychotherapy and Counselling Writer in Residence in 2020. No major literary awards are noted in sources, but her works are widely recognized for exploring London's dark history. Nottingham City of Literature