Alumni authors

Many former Birkbeck students have published fiction, monographs and academic books in a wide range of genres and subject areas. If you have written a book and you would like us to publicise it here, please contact us. 

Featured book

First Kings

After decades of devastating raids, Viking armies first overwintered in England in 850. In doing so, they opened a century of conflict and reaching ambition. In Norway, Harald Fairhair rose from a regional chieftain to become its first king, while in England Alfred the Great preserved Wessex from conquest and laid the foundations for unity. His successors extended that vision, leading to the creation of a single English kingdom after the meeting of kings at Eamont Bridge in 927.

Fiction

• 29 Ways to Drown, Niki Aguirre (MA Creative Writing 2005)
• The Virtual Reality Space Pirates, Jean M. Akam (MA Art History 2011)
• Simon and the Little Green Man, Jean M. Akam (MA Art History 2011)
• Shop Girl Diaries, Emily Benet (Dip. Journalism 2009)
• Bad Love, Maame Blue (Graduate Certificate in Psychosocial Studies 2013)
• Still-Life of a Pandemic, Brandon Boll (PhD Medieval and Modern History 2015) 
• White Chrysanthemum, Mary Lynn Bracht (MA Creative Writing 2015)
• Star in the Shadows, Helen Buckley (MSc Gender, Sexuality and Politics 2009)
• 21 Days of Rage, David Casals-Roma, (BA Film and Media 2006)
• Where Giants Die, David Casals-Roma, (BA Film and Media 2006)
• Light in a Trance, Clifford Chukwuka Okoh (BA Creative Writing and English 2018)
• For the Messengers, Dr Jude Cowan (PhD Visual Arts and Media 2008)
• The Music Book, Edward Glover (MPhil History 1970)
• Surface Tension, Sarah Gray (CertHE Creative Writing 2009)
• Felix Unbound, Cathy Gunn (MA in History of Ideas 2015)
• Purefinder, Ben Gwalchmai (MA Modern and Contemporary Literature 2010)
• Swimming in Locks, Kites Over Marches, Ben Gwalchmai (MA Modern and Contemporary Literature 2010)
• Grace Williams Says it Loud, Emma Henderson (MA Creative Writing 2006)
• Mr Nicholls, Juliet Heslewood (Combined BA History of Art and English Literature 1978)
• Out of a Clear Sky, Sally Hinchcliffe (MA Creative Writing 2004)
• Sektor 47, N. N. Jehangir (MA Creative Writing 2021)
• Manual for a Decent Life, Kavita A. Jindal (MA Creative Writing 2007)
• After Eden, Eva Maria Knabenbauer (BA Philosophy 1972)
• Stay God, Sweet Angel, Nik Korpon (MA Creative Writing 2007)
• The Quelling: A Trilogy, CL Lauder (MA Creative Writing, 2015)
• The Diary of Isabella M Smugge, Ruth Leigh (BA English 1998) 
• The Trials of Isabella M Smugge, Ruth Leigh (BA English 1998)
• You're Welcome, Sharnice Miles (MA Culture Diaspora and Ethnicity 2017)
• Wisdom Feast: What would you like to be remembered for?, Wahida Mohamed (BA French Studies, 2000)
• Detective Markham Mystery (nine-book series), Catherine Moloney (PhD English Literature 1999)
• The Human Constraint, Angela Montgomery (PhD English 1994)
• Romanzo: Love and Corruption Italian Style, Angela Montgomery (PhD English 1994)
• Tail of the Blue Bird,Nii Ayikwei Parkes (MA Creative Writing 2006)
• The Outcast, Feridon Rashidi (MA Theory and Practice of Translation 2009)
• Tales of Iran, Feridon Rashidi (MA Theory and Practice of Translation 2009)
• Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind, Deirdre Shanahan (MA Creative Writing 2011)
• Sparkle: Life is Poetry, Pranjulaa Singh (MSc Creative Industries 2015)
• Hope and Worth, Dorcas A. Stevens (MA Text and Performance 2018)
• Deadly Contemplation, G K Taylor (LLB Law 2014)
• The Long, Long Afternoon, Inga Vesper (MSc Climate Change Management 2014)
• The Astronaut, Sarah Jane Weldon (MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology 2002)
• Baa-d to the Bone, Sarah Jane Weldon (MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology 2002)
• Dead on Doughnuts, Sarah Jane Weldon (MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology 2002)
• Final Exam, Sarah Jane Weldon (MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology 2002)
• Morning Has Broken, Sarah Jane Weldon (MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology 2002)
• Where I Belong, Willow Woods (MA Historical Research, 2015)
• The Shadow Courtesan, Willow Woods (MA Historical Research, 2015)

Non-Fiction

• Innovation in E-Business: Case Studies, Taiwo Alawiye (MSc Business Innovation and E-Business, 2023)
• Tech Solutions for Business: Streamlining Operations in the Digital Age, Taiwo Alawiye (MSc Business Innovation and E-Business, 2023)
• The Power of Design Thinking, Taiwo Alawiye (MSc Business Innovation and E-Business, 2023)
• Black Britain and Nelson Mandela - "Pulling the Branch of a Tree", (Chapter 2), Dr Gregory Alake (LLM International Finance and Economic Law, 2014) 
• Coaching Through Burnout, Hazel Anderson-Turner (MSc Occupational Psychology 2010)
• Deep Field: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Aid Relief, from Pakistan to Kazan, the Punjab to the Pacific, Tom Bamforth (MA Social and Cultural History 2004)
• Death Lines: Walking London through Horror Cinema, Lauren Jane Barnett (PhD Humanities and Cultural Studies 2016)
• Trailing Abuse, Nick Basannavar (PhD History, 2019)
• Norman Churches in the Canterbury Diocese, Mary Berg (MSc Economics 1976)
• Six Legs Walking, Elizabeth Bernays (MSc 1968, PhD 1970)
• Trading the Fixed Income, Inflations and Credit Markets, Troy Bowler (MSc Economics 1991)
• Access to Public Information: A Practical Guide to Drafting and Following Up on Access to Information Requests, Nicolas Brener (MSc Public Policy and Management 2017), Ivan Luzardo Ruiz (LLM Law 2024)
• Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions, Dr Neel Burton (MA Philosophy 2007)
• Hypersanity: Thinking Beyond Thinking, Neel Burton (MA Philosophy 2008)
• The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health, Karen Carberry (MSc Family and Systemic Psychotherapy 2006)
• Sustainable Regeneration of Former Military Sites, Celia Clark (BA English 1967)
• Sacred Mountains: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Meanings, Dr Adrian Cooper (PhD Geography 1991)
• Race, Law and Hypercriminality, Sarah Corbett-Batson (PhD, Law, 2024)
• Mandela, Bob Crew (MA Modern English Literature 1994)
• The Beheading and Other Stories, Bob Crew (MA Modern English Literature 1994)
• Gurkha Warriors, Bob Crew (MA Modern English Literature 1994)
• Strategies and Self-Help from Counselling and Psychotherapy, Madalina Day (Psychodynamic Counselling and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2016)
• Fab Collab: How Women Create Success, Falguni Desai (MSc Corporate Governance & Business Ethics, 2015) et al.
• Builders of the Third Reich: The Organisation Todt and Nazi Forced Labour, Charles Dick (PhD History 2019)
• Employability - One Goal of University Education (German language), Andreas Eimer (MSc Career Management and Counselling 2009)
• Wenlock Abbey 1857-1919: A Shropshire Country House and the Milnes Gaskell Family, Dr Cynthia Gamble (BA French 1997)
• Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature, Dr Emelyne Godfrey (PhD English 2008)
• Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society, Dr Emelyne Godfrey (PhD English 2008)
• The International Art Markets: The Essential Guide for Collectors and Investors, James Goodwin (MA, History of Art 2003)
• What Did the Poor Take with Them?, Eileen Goulding (MSc Egyptology 2019)
• The Greek Empire of Marseille: Discoverer of Britain, Saviour of Rome, Christopher Gunstone (BA History and Archaeology 2011)
• Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antiquity Christianity: Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs, Paula Hershkowitz (PhD Ancient History Classics and Archaeology 2013)
• Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth, Claire Horn (PhD Law, 2020)
• The Spirit of Self Help: A Life of Samuel Smiles, John Hunter (MA Victorian Studies 2002)
• Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money, Panagiotis Iliopoulos (PhD International Political Economy 2022) et al.
• The Law and Regulation of Solicitors: Serious Breaches and Practising Certificate Conditions, Katie Jackson (MSc Management Consultancy and Organisational Change, 2012)
• The Law and Regulation of Solicitors: Client Money, Katie Jackson (MSc Management Consultancy and Organisational Change, 2012)
• The Law and Regulation of Solicitors: Management Skills, Katie Jackson (MSc Management Consultancy and Organisational Change, 2012)
• Bounce Back: How to Fail Fast and be Resilient at Work, Susan Kahn (PhD Organizational Psychology 2014)
• Death and the City, Susan Kahn (PhD Organizational Psychology 2014)
• The Great Rift: Africa Surgery AIDS Aid, Mary Elspeth King (PhD Psychology 1965)
• AIDS, Surgery and Life: A Malawi Mosaic, Mary Elspeth King (PhD Psychology 1965)
• Gluffy Teaches Janie and Rory about Good Nutrition, Dr Kathryn Kyriacou (LLM Law 2021)
• The Mentality of Refugees from the Vilayet of Aydin, 1922-1930, Theodora Litovoli (MA European History 2017)
• A Year to Change Your Mind: Ideas from the Therapy Room to Help You Live Better, Dr Lucy Maddox (MSc Organisational Psychology 2021)
• The Essence of the Self: In Defense of the Simple View of Personal Identity, Geoffrey Madell (PhD Philosophy 1964)
• John F. Kennedy: The London Story, Bernard A Marshall (BSc Geography 1982)
• The Romanovs Under House Arrest: The Russian Revolution and A Royal Family's Imprisonment in their Palace, by Mickey Mayhew (MA Creative Writing 2005)
• House of Tudor: A Grisly History, Mickey Mayhew (MA Creative Writing 2005)
• Rasputin and his Russian Queen: The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra, by Mickey Mayhew (MA Creative Writing 2005)
• Imprisoning Mary Queen of Scots: The Men Who Kept the Stuart Queen, Mickey Mayhew (MA Creative Writing 2005)
• The Anne Boleyn Bible, Mickey Mayhew (MA Creative Writing 2005)
• #Upcycle Your Job: The Smart Way to Balance Family Life and Career, Anna Meller (MSc Organizational Behaviour 1985)
• Essex Rock: Geology Beneath the Landscape, Ian & Ros Mercer (Msc Geology 1975)
• Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: A Personal Journey, Professor Peter Mittler (PhD Psychology 1969)
• Quality, Involvement, Flow: The Systemic Organization, Angela Montgomery (PhD English 1994)
• Brown Eyes, Nicole Moore (MA Culture, Diaspora and Ethnicity 2020)
• Hair Power - Skin Revolution, Nicole Moore (MA Culture, Diaspora and Ethnicity 2020)
• The Woman Who Saved the Children, Clare Mulley (MA Social and Cultural History 2006)
• Somewhere Near to History, Jane Nicolov (MA European History 2017)
• The Universal Subject of Our Time: (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Machine), Darius Nikbin (Graduate Certificate in Psychosocial Studies 2016)
• Finance: Plain and Simple: What you Need to Know to Make Better Financial Decisions, Sebastian Nokes (BA Philosophy 1994)
• Luso-Retro: Past and Present Portuguese Representations of Mid-Twentieth Century Rock ‘n’ Roll and Americana Subculture, Andrew Nunes (MRes Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies 2018)
• The Literary and Legal Genealogy of Native American Dispossession: The Marshall Trilogy Cases, Dr George D Pappas (PhD Law 2013)
• Staging the Fascist War: The Ministry of Popular Culture and Italian Propaganda on the Home Front, 1938-1943, Luigi Petrella (MSc Politics and Government 2004)
• Blackstone’s Criminal Practice 2026, Contributor: Amanda Pinto KC (History of Art, 1991)
• Corporate Criminal Liability, 4th Edition, Amanda Pinto KC (History of Art, 1991), Martin Evans KC
• Smith and Owen on Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation, Civil Recovery, Money Laundering, and Sanctions, Chapter 14, Financial Sanctions, Amanda Pinto KC (History of Art, 1991), Alexandre Haines, Sophie O'Sullivan
• UK Sanctions Law and Practice, Edited by Amanda Pinto KC (History of Art 1991) Alexandre Haines, Sophie O'Sullivan
• Lost in Florence: An Insider's Guide to the Best Places to Eat, Drink and Explore, Nardia Plumridge (BA English, 2006)
• Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century, Lucy Pollard (PhD Classics 2010)
• Head Start: Build a Resilient Mindset So You Can Achieve Your Goals, Ian Price (MSc Organizational Behaviour 2010)
• Humanitarian Intervention: Does it do more harm than good?, Syeda Ambreen Rahat (LLM/MA Human Rights, 2019)
• The Personalization of the Museum Visit, Seph Rodney (PhD Humanities and Cultural Studies 2015)
• The English GI World War II Graphic Memoir of a Yorkshire Schoolboy's Adventures in the United States and Europe, Jonathan Sandler (MSc Public Policy and Management 2006)
• Around the World in 18 Elements, David Scott (MSc Structural Biology)
• Russia: A 1,000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East, Martin Sixsmith (Dip. Applied Psychology 2006)
• Folklore and Fairytales from Burma (Myanmar), Lynette Spencer (MA Modern French Studies 2003)
• How to Get on with Anyone: Gain the Confidence and Charisma to Communicate with Any Personality Type, Catherine Stothart (MSc Organizational Behaviour 2002)
• Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Leading your Team, Catherine Stothart (MSc Organizational Behaviour 2022)
• Schloss: The Fascinating Royal History of 25 German Castles, Susan Symons (MA Victorian Studies 1986)
• Power Meditation, Paul Tavares (MSc Microbiology 2003)
• If Only You Knew, Johanna Thea (BSc Psychology 2014)
• Leading Positive Organizational Change: Energize - Redesign - Gel, Dr Bart Tkaczyk (MSc Human Resource Development and Consultancy 2013)
• The New MBA Playbook: An Updated Skills Mix for the Future Business World, Dr Bart Tkaczyk (MSc Human Resource Development and Consultancy 2013) 
• Adrian IV: the only English pope in the history of the Church, R A J Waddingham (Graduate Certificate History 2019)
• First Kings, R.A.J. Waddingham (Graduate Certificate History 2019)
• The Magnificent Mrs Tennent, David Waller (MA Victorian Studies 2004)
• Cold Region Hazards and Risks, Colin A Whiteman (BSc Geography 1974 and PhD Geography 1990)
• Occupational Psychology, Management Education and Consultancy: A 50-Year Narrative for Academics Striving to Manage Their Careers in a Competitive Climate, Allan P O Williams (Psychological Sciences 1963)
• Trading Economics: A Guide to Economic Statistics for Practitioners and Students, Trevor Williams (Birkbeck alumnus)
• Gentleman Jim, Lorna Almonds Windmill (BA Politics, Philosophy and History 1993)
• A British Achilles, Lorna Almonds Windmill (BA Politics, Philosophy and History 1993)
• Digging for Victory: Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth, Joanna Wise (BSc Psychology 1992)
• The Way to Hornsey Rise: an Autobiographical Novel, Jeremy Worman (BA English, 1987)

Poetry

• Trials of Poetry Translated: Incercari Poetice, Madalina Day (Psychodynamic Counselling and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2016)
• The Leaves That Die: A Collection of Poems, Ricky G (LLB Law 2002)