Lucinda Hawksley is an author of fiction and non-fiction. Over the course of her career, Lucinda has written more than twenty books on social history and art literature, including biographies of Lizzie Siddal, Princess Louise, and Kate Perugini (née Dickens). Lucinda has campaigned for fair pay and better recognition of authors’ contributions to publishing. Lucinda lectures widely in the UK and abroad, appears on television and radio, and contributes to literary festivals and museum programmes. A great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, her work with heritage organisations includes events with the Charles Dickens Museum and other institutions devoted to nineteenth-century culture. As a member of the Society of Authors for 20 years, Lucinda notes that there have been several times in her writing career when she has run into difficulty and every time the Society of Authors has helped find a solution.  A regular commentator on authors’ professional conditions, Lucinda is a ‘firm advocate that everyone should be paid – and paid fairly – for their work and expertise’.