{"id":9,"date":"2019-12-01T22:33:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harkup.co.uk\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:50:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harkup.co.uk\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad87a58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad87a58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93b46e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93b46e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce7c18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ce7c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/harkup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WIN_20210509_17_36_12_Pro-rotated-paaf3opwll366t3x4f7map84v6of445nxcqhggzaio.jpg\" title=\"WIN_20210509_17_36_12_Pro\" alt=\"WIN_20210509_17_36_12_Pro\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9bf69d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9bf69d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b54d84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b54d84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Writer, science communicator and vampirologist.<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Kathryn is a former chemist tuned author. She completed a doctorate on her favourite chemicals, phosphines, and went on to further postdoctoral research before realising that talking, writing and demonstrating science appealed a bit more than hours slaving over a hot fume-hood. She writes and gives regular public talks on the disgusting and dangerous side of science.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Kathryn\u2019s first book was the international best-seller\u00a0<em>A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie<\/em>, which was shortlisted for a Mystery Readers International Macavity Award and a BMA Book Award. She has also explored more of the macabre side of literature in\u00a0<em>Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts<\/em> and <em>Vampirology: The Science of Horror\u2019s Most Famous Fiend<\/em>. She has also delved into the deadly world of 007 in <em>Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond.<\/em> Kathryn has also written about her first love, chemistry, in <em>The Secret Lives of the Elements <\/em>and\u00a0<em>The Secret Lives of Molecules<\/em>. Her most recent book, <em>V is for Venom<\/em>, explores yet more Agatha Christie poisons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer, science communicator and vampirologist. Kathryn is a former chemist tuned author. She completed a doctorate on her favourite chemicals, phosphines, and went on to further postdoctoral research before realising that talking, writing and demonstrating science appealed a bit more than hours slaving over a hot fume-hood. 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