Kit Whitfield is an English novelist and essayist based in London. Her debut novel, published in 2006 as Bareback (UK) and Benighted (US), was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, and optioned by Warner Bros.
Kit is the author of the Gyrford duology - In the Heart of Hidden Things (2022) and its sequel All the Hollow of the Sky (2023) - both longlisted for the BSFA . These novels are set in a fictional pre‑industrial English village and centre on a family of fairy‑smiths who forge iron to repel spirits.

Beyond fiction, she has written a series of critical essays titled What’s on Shudder?/Essays on Horror for Ginger Nuts of Horror.

In her earlier career, Kit trained as a chef and a masseur, and worked in various roles including website editor, quote‑hunter, toy‑shop assistant, and publisher.

Discover more at https://kitwhitfield.blogspot.com/ and https://gnofhorror.com/whats-on-shudder/

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