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Catherine Kerrigan writes historical romance set in Regency London, where the women are sharp on purpose and the household accounts are a form of warfare. Her debut novel, The Lady's Guide to Calculated Ruin, is forthcoming June 29, 2027. She publishes a newsletter, Calculated Ruin, on difficult women, Regency oddities, and the slow work of a second book.

Catherine Kerrigan is the pen name of a lifelong reader of historical fiction who grew tired of heroines who apologized for being inconvenient. She writes Regency London romance in which sharp women use the tools available to them—sharp minds, household ledgers, needle-sharp observation, and the occasional well-timed social ruin—as intelligence and weapons in equal measure.

Her debut novel, The Lady's Guide to Calculated Ruin, the first in The Thornbury Files series, is forthcoming June 29, 2027. She is currently at work on the second Theodora Thornbury novel. She publishes a newsletter, Calculated Ruin, on difficult women in history, Regency social oddities, and the slow, absorbing work of writing a second book.