I chatted about my routine as a writer, and switching between fiction and nonfiction, with Writer’s Routine. Listen here.  

I chatted to Good Morning Scotland about the real story of Mary Carr and the Forty Thieves, the Victorian criminal gang who feature in the TV drama series A Thousand Blows. Listen here

I chatted with New Books Network about my research for Queens of the Underworld and the stories I discovered from the 1600s to today. ‘A fabulous book, I cannot give it enough plaudits’ – many thanks to Katrina Anderson for a lovely long interview. Listen here.

        Did Agatha Christie draw on real life female criminals as inspiration for her work? In A Bit of a Christie podcast, Teresa Peschel – expert in the 200+ Agatha Christie film and TV adaptations – finds a brilliant example. She argues that Bess Sedgwick, the famous adventuress in Christie’s novel At […]

  Medway River Lit have released their first podcast, available on Youtube and Soundcloud.

  I chatted with Professor Toby Miller about female sleuths, forgotten swimming champions, and the challenges of fiction versus non-fiction. Listen here.

    I chatted with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live, ABC, about the UK’s long history of female sleuths. Listen here.  

  The story of Irishwoman Kate Meyrick – London nightclub queen of the 1920s – is told in a new documentary by Zoe Comyns. I contributed to the section on Kate’s time in Holloway Prison, and the terrifying surroundings of the Victorian era jail. Listen here.

  I chatted about female sleuths with Miranda Melcher on the New Books Network – who were the first women to work as private eyes, is there such a thing as feminine intuition, and how has the job changed over the past century? Listen here  

  I chatted to Salma El-Wardany about 3 London locations which are important in the history of female sleuths, in the Breakfast Show’s weekly historian guest spot. We covered 37-38 the Strand (home to Detective Expert Antonia Moser in 1905), 231 Baker Street (where Annette Kerner opened the Mayfair Detective Agency in 1946), and 119 […]

  I chatted to Sean Styles on BBC Radio Merseyside about the first women to work as private detectives and Liverpool’s own Zena Scott-Archer. Listen here  

  I chatted with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London about how I tracked down Victorian female sleuths, what crimes they solved, and the struggle to separate fiction from fact. Listen here.  

  I chatted with Alexis Conran about the story behind Private Inquiries, the first British woman to open her own agency, how women were squeezed out of the profession, and why the job appeals to so many women today. Listen here (around 2 hours in).

  I chatted to Mickey Noonan from Standard Issue about my training as a PI, the Victorian women who first became sleuths, and the modern women who do the job today. Listen here (39 minutes in)

  Vox is a series of bite-sized audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. Listen here.      

  I chatted with Salma El-Wardany on BBC Radio London about the Queens of the Underworld, while Elizabeth Crawford discussed the suffragettes at Holloway Prison and Katie Fraser, Northern Services Manager at Women in Prison, explained the current situation of women in prison, as well as the future of the Holloway site. Listen here.   […]

  Lights, Camera, Author! is an American podcast which features interviews with authors and actors who write books about movies, TV and entertainment. I chatted about Queens of the Underworld, and how it’s about time professional female crooks made it to the big screen. Listen here Watch here

  What happens when you get awkward questions at book festivals? Vox is a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. Listen here.  

  ‘Caitlin is the cat’s fancy tracksuit when it comes to writing about women, crime and punishment’ – a Standard Issue podcast with Mickey Noonan, chatting about Queens of the Underworld. Listen here.  

  I chatted to Georgina Godwin about Queens of the Underworld on Monocle 24. Listen here.

  I chatted to Robert Elms about Queens of the Underworld, listen here (1 hour, 39 minutes into the show). ‘Gangsters and robbers and blaggers and dippers…..these are extraordinary stories. A fantastic book,’ Robert Elms.

  I chatted to Paul Ross about Queens of the Underworld on Overnights, talkRadio. ‘An amazing book and a brilliant read….a great slice of social history,’ Paul Ross Listen here

  I chatted with Selina MacKenzie on her Lifestyles show, TRE Talk Radio Europe, about the women who inspired Queens of the Underworld. Listen here, begins 22 minutes into the show.  

  How do writers deal with rejection? Vox is a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. In this episode, we were asked to discuss rejection. Listen here.  

  Vox is a series of bite-size audio recordings in which Royal Literary Fund Fellows explore topics around writing. In this episode, we were asked to discuss the best writing advice we have ever received. Listen here.