latest book is Queens of the Underworld: a journey into the lives of female crooks, published in October 2021. She received a grant from The Author's Foundation, administered by the Society of Authors, to research the book. She is currently researching a history of female private eyes, to be published by The History Press in 2023. From 2014 to 2017, Davies worked as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Westminster. She worked as an RLF Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum from 2019-2020. Bibliography Jamestown Blues. London; New York: Penguin, 1996. The Return of El Negro: the compelling story of Africa's unknown soldier. Penguin Books (South Africa), 2003. Thorold's Africana Books [distributor] Summer Magic. London: Bloomsbury, 2003. (short story contributor) Place of Reeds. London: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Black Mulberries. London: Pocket, 2008. Friends like us. London: Pocket, 2009. Grandparents. London: Ebury, 2009. (short story contributor) The Ghost of Lily Painter. London: Hutchinson, 2011. London : Windmill, 2012. Taking the Waters: a Swim around Hampstead Heath. London: Frances Lincoln, 2012. Camden Lock and the Market. London: Frances Lincoln, 2013 Family Likeness. London: Hutchinson, 2013. London: Windmill, 2014, inspired in part by the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle. Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames. London: Aurum, 2015. Bad Girls: a History of Rebels and Renegades. London: John Murray, March 2018. Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of the World. London: Unbound, September 2018. Botswana Women Write. South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, January 2020. Queens of the Underworld. London: The History Press, October 2021. References External links www.caitlindavies.co.uk Author's website Museum of London blog Profile at the National Portrait Gallery English women novelists English memoirists Clark University alumni 1964 births Living people Botswana journalists Botswana women journalists British women memoirists Botswana women writers 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers 21st-century English women writers Botswana novelists English women non-fiction writers