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Katharine Tiernan is a writer, teacher and passionate nature-lover. She grew up close to the dramatic coastline of North Northumberland and continues to draw inspiration from its history and landscape. Her first novel Place of Repose was published by Ningaui Press in 2013. Following its publication Katharine went on to complete a Creative Writing MA with Distinction at Newcastle University. Her latest novel, Cuthbert of Farne, was published by Sacristy Press in March 2019, and traces Cuthbert’s life and spiritual journey against the background of his turbulent times.
Katharine lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed, with a view from her writing desk across the Tweed estuary to Lindisfarne.
Cuthbert of Farne: ‘a highly pleasurable and intelligent piece of historical fiction’ Church Times
My Blog
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island as most locals call it, features in all three novels of my Cuthbert trilogy. I’m writing the third novel at present, which is set in the period immediately after the Norman conquest. By this time, of course, the Cuthbert Community were...
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Web: www.sacristy.co.uk
Email: enquiries@sacristy.co.uk
Email: kmtiernan@gmail.com
Tel: +44 (0)191 303 8 313