In 2005, Hallie’s first non-fiction book, The Covent Garden Ladies was published to great acclaim. This true story of a notorious guidebook to Georgian London’s prostitutes grabbed hold of the public imagination and served as the inspiration for two separate art exhibitions, two television programmes and a student film. The Harlots Handbook, the BBC’s documentary based on The Covent Garden Ladies (first broadcast in 2006) was presented by Hallie as part of the highly successful, The Century that Made Us season.
Her equally celebrated second book, Lady Worsley’s Whim; An Eighteenth Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce (Chatto & Windus, 2008) became BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week in November of that year. It was published in 2009 in the USA as The Lady in Red (St Martin’s Lane).
In addition to writing books, articles and reviews, Hallie regularly appears on TV as an expert contributor to documentaries. She also acts as a historical consultant for period dramas, most notably the award winning Channel 4 series, City of Vice.
Her novel, Mistress of My Fate, the first book in a new Napoleonic era series was published in the UK by Transworld in July 2011 and in the US by Grand Central in January, 2013. She is currently working on the sequel, The French Lesson.
