Kate Mascarenhas

Kate Mascarenhas is a writer born in 1980 of mixed heritage, with a white Irish father and a brown British mother. Mascarenhas grew up in Oldham with family in Ireland and Seychelles. at the University of Worcester.

Mascarenhas trained as a psychologist but returned to writing when she was 32 after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Her first novel, The Psychology of Time Travel, was published in 2018 by Head of Zeus in the UK and by Crooked Lane in the US and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The Guardian called her The Psychology of Time Travel "a dazzling genre-defying debut".

Her second novel, The Thief on the Winged Horse, was published in August 2020. Hokey Pokey, her third novel, was published June 2023.

In November 2020, Mascarenhas was featured on Woman's Hour discussing The Thief on the Winged Horse, and her passion for dolls.

Personal life Mascarenhas lives with her husband in a small terraced house.

Novels

The Psychology of Time Travel (Head of Zeus, 2018, ) The Thief on the Winged Horse (Head of Zeus, 2020, ) Hokey Pokey (Head of Zeus, 2023, )