Kate Maxwell was born in London, studied English at Oxford University and has worked as a journalist, editor and broadcaster in London and New York. She now works freelance as a content consultant for brands, and writes travel features for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Condé Nast Traveller, for which she is a contributing editor.

Kate started writing her novel on a Faber Academy course and it was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize’s Peggy Chapman-Andrews First Novel Award. Virago published Hush in May 2022.