author
Katherine Cecil Thurston
1875–1911
An Irish novelist with a gift for suspense, she became widely known for sharp, fast-moving political stories like John Chilcote, M.P. and The Masquerader. Her books found a large readership in the early 1900s and helped bring thriller-style intrigue into popular fiction.
4 Audiobooks
The Mystics: A Novel
by Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader
by Katherine Cecil Thurston
Max
by Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Gambler: A Novel
by Katherine Cecil Thurston
About the author
Born in County Cork in 1875, Katherine Cecil Thurston was the pen name of Kathleen Annie Josephine Madden. She was educated privately and began publishing short fiction in British magazines before turning to novels.
She is best remembered for politically charged popular fiction, especially John Chilcote, M.P. and The Masquerader, novels that mixed identity, ambition, and public life with a strong sense of drama. Her work reached a wide audience in the early twentieth century, and several of her stories later inspired film adaptations.
Thurston was married to novelist E. Temple Thurston, though the marriage later ended in divorce. She died in County Cork in 1911, still young, but her best-known novels continued to be read and reprinted long after her death.