{"id":49,"date":"2015-03-12T10:39:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T10:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katehordern.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/kathryn-hughes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:26:05","slug":"kathryn-hughes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/kathryn-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"large\"><strong>Kathryn Hughes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/authors\/kathryn_hughes_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/authors\/kathryn_hughes_600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/authors\/kathryn_hughes_600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agent: <a href=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/anne-williams\/\">Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathryn Hughes&#8217;s first novel, THE LETTER, was a self-published sensation, a Kindle #1 bestseller for forty consecutive days. Later published by Headline (March, 2015), it reached #22 in the Nielsen Bookscan paperback fiction chart, and #1 in the <em>Bookseller<\/em> Heatseeker chart for three weeks, as well as being one of the top 20 Fiction Audio Downloads of 2016 and reaching #3 in the US Kindle chart, hitting the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>&#8216;s top 10 eBook bestseller list. Her second novel, THE SECRET (Headline, July 2016) was a top 10 Kindle bestseller.&nbsp; Her fourth novel, HER LAST PROMISE, was published in by Headline in eBook&nbsp; in August 2019.&nbsp; Her fifth, THE MEMORY BOX, was published in eBook and Audio in August 2021, with the paperback&nbsp; in November 2021.&nbsp; &nbsp;Translation rights in Kathryn&#8217;s novels have been sold in twenty-eight countries.&nbsp; Kathryn lives near Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathrynhughesauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kathrynhughesauthor.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53209\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/xlogo-black_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"33\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/KHughesAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KHughesAuthor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1287\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/facebook_logo_32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KHughesAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find Kathryn Hughes on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-khla-grey-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9a371c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise for HER LAST PROMISE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Storytelling at its finest, with characters that come alive and a plot that dances with intrigue&#8221; <em>Prima<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise for THE KEY:<br>&#8220;A wonderful, enthralling story; one that I didn&#8217;t want to end&#8221; Lesley Pearse<br>&#8220;A heartbreakingly powerful novel&#8221; <em>Sun<\/em><br>&#8220;Emotional, heart-wrenching at times and deeply affecting&#8221; <em>Books, Life and Everything<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise for THE SECRET:<br>&#8220;Gripping&#8221; <em>Good Housekeeping<\/em><br>&#8220;This love story has everyone talking&#8221; <em>Look<\/em><br>&#8220;Have lots of tissues ready&#8221; <em>My Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise for THE LETTER:<br>&#8220;A moving story of love, loss and hope&#8221; <em>Bella<\/em><br>&#8220;Emotional and intriguing&#8221; <em>People&#8217;s Friend<\/em><br>&#8220;One to tug on the heartstrings&#8221; <em>Red<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kathryn_hughes_thememorybox.jpg\" alt=\"The Memory Box\" class=\"wp-image-52269\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kathryn_hughes_herlastpromise.jpg\" alt=\"Her last promise\" class=\"wp-image-2496\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-2492\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-2492 ml-slider ms-theme-disjoint\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Kathryn Hughes\" data-height=\"230\" data-width=\"150\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2492\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_2492' class='rslides'>\n            <li aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kathryn_hughes_thekey.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2492 slide-52272 msDefaultImage\" title=\"kathryn_hughes_thekey\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kathryn_hughes_thesecret.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2492 slide-2494 msDefaultImage\" title=\"kathryn_hughes_thesecret\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kathryn_hughes_theletter.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2492 slide-2493 msDefaultImage\" title=\"kathryn_hughes_theletter\" \/><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-48\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katehordern.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/KathrynHughes.png\" style=\"width: 552px; 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