Lila Cain

About The Author

LILA CAIN is the pen name for writing duo, Kate Griffin and Marcia Hutchinson. Kate Griffin won the Faber / Stylist magazine competition with Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders and went on to write three more novels in the series. Marcia Hutchinson worked as a lawyer before founding educational publishing company Primary Colours and was awarded an MBE for services to Cultural Diversity in 2010. Her solo debut novel Mercy is due for publication in summer 2025.

Books by Lila Cain

The Nightingale of Covent Garden

Her voice can make her fortune. Freedom may cost her everything.

By Lila Cain

The compelling new novel from Lila Cain, the pseudonym of two acclaimed authors - one shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

A dazzling, immersive work of historical fiction set in eighteenth-century London, where a young woman on the brink of fame and her father, both...

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The Blackbirds of St Giles

'The novel Dickens didn't write, but should have done' SEAN LUSK

By Lila Cain

‘Readers are in for a true treat … Dazzling’ PATERSON JOSEPH

‘This powerful story is steeped in truth and resonates with humanity. It’s a gritty thriller and a whirlwind adventure, but most of all it’s a tale of love and hope. A beautiful, original and heart-stopping read’ JANI...

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