An interview with Katherine Langrish: British author, storyteller, and folklorist

author Katherine Langrish

author Katherine LangrishKatherine Langrish is an award-winning author of children’s and young adult historical fantasy. Her meticulous research, gorgeous prose, and instinct for a good story have won her many fans around the world.

Since 2009, Katherine has been the creator of the outstanding blog Seven Miles of Steel Thistles where she shares her thoughts and fascinating anecdotes related to her literary and folkloric interests.

On April 23, 2016, The Greystones Press published Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Reflections on Fairy Tales, Katherine’s first book of nonfiction in which she has expanded on and reworked some of her blog posts. The first print run sold out within days. Nicholas Lezard, writing for The Guardian, states: “Langrish has been collecting fairytales for goodness knows how long, and her knowledge and frame of reference are phenomenal.”

I am thrilled to say that I’ve interviewed Katherine for Luna Station Quarterly. Her generous replies to my off-beat questions about fairy tales and folklore are worth reading here.

Seven Miles of Steel Thistles is available in paperback and as an ebook from Amazon.co.uk and from the Book Depository. [The link to The Book Depository, which will send books to the US & Canada postage-free, is here]

Seven Miles of Steel Thistles