Lucinda Hawksley (born 17 November 1977) is an English biographer, author, lecturer, and travel writer.
Her books include biographies, social histories, art history and travel writing: Bitten by Witch Fever, Thames & Hudson, 2016; Charles Dickens and his Circle, NPG, 2016; A London Treasury, Andre Deutsch, 2015; Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise, Thomas Dunne (NYC) 2015; A Victorian Treasury, Andre Deutsch, 2015; Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards, NPG, 2014; The Mystery of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria’s Rebellious Daughter, Chatto, 2013; March, Women, March: Voices of the Women’s Movement, Andre Deutsch, 2013; What Makes Great Art, Quintessence, 2012 (co-authored with artist Andy Pankhurst); Charles Dickens, Andre Deutsch, 2011; 50 British Artists You Should Know, Prestel, 2011; Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens’s Artist Daughter, Doubleday, 2006; Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel, Andre Deutsch, 2004; A Tale of Two Cities, retold for children, Usborne, 2002; Essential Pre-Raphaelites, Dempsey Parr, 1999; London, Siena, 1999.
Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel was Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
Hawksley's Essential Pre-Raphaelites (1999) has become a best seller and led to an invitation to lecture on 'Pre-Raphaelite Artists: The Connection Between Their Lives and Work' at the Oxford Union.
[5] In December 2007 she appeared as herself in the BBC docudrama Charles Dickens & the Invention of Christmas, written and presented by Griff Rhys Jones.