Author and historian Catherine Ostler's second book, The Renoir Girls, will be published in the UK on 9th April 2026 by Simon & Schuster, and on 14th July 2026 in the US (click here). Her first book, The Duchess Countess, was published in the UK in April 2021 by Simon & Schuster and in the US in February 2022 (click here).

Catherine is also co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Cliveden Literary Festival, and has been Editor of Tatler, Editor of ES Magazine at the Evening Standard, and Editor of Times Weekend.

She has also been a columnist for the Evening Standard, a contributing editor to Newsweek, an occasional columnist for the Financial Times, and written for Vogue (British and US), Harper’s Bazaar and US Town & Country amongst other publications. She has made numerous radio and television appearances including Good Morning America, ABC News and CNN in the US.

Catherine is a graduate of Oxford University, where she read English Language and Literature. She lives in London with her husband, Albert Read, and their three children.