Catherine Randall is a writer of children’s historical fiction. Her debut novel, The White Phoenix, features a determined heroine, 13-year-old Lizzie Hopper, in a timely tale of forbidden friendship, prejudice and plague set in a London bookshop in 1666. When the Great Fire of London breaks out, can Lizzie save the bookshop, as well as the friend she wasn’t supposed to have?
The White Phoenix was published by The Book Guild in August 2020.