Hallie Rubenhold
Bestselling author, social historian, broadcaster and historical consultant for TV and film.
Hallie has a passion for telling a great historical tale and has a nose for unearthing previously unknown stories from little-known sources.
Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and a prizewinning, bestselling author. Her book, The Five; The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper which focused on the victims’ biographies rather than speculating on their killer has become an international sensation. Her new book, Story of a Murder; The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen, published in late March 2025 is a panoramic examination of the 1910 murder of American music hall performer, Belle Elmore.
Hallie’s earlier works The Covent Garden Ladies and Lady Worsley’s Whim have been the inspiration for the television series, Harlots (BBC/Hulu) and The Scandalous Lady W (BBC).
Hallie has also written two novels, is a historical advisor for period drama, appears on TV, is a podcaster and lectures widely.
Hallie is available for TV and radio, speaking events, historical consultancy, and journalism.
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True Crime re-examined through a historical lens
As with The Five, Hallie has applied her historian’s eye to what was known as the Crippen murder, an incident so sensational that it was once called the “Crime of the Century”. By unpicking its twists and turns and exploring the shadowy and complex lives of its characters, she presents a gripping picture of a Transatlantic world on the brink of the modern age.
Television drama rights for Story of a Murder have been optioned by Studio Lambert.
The Five is currently in development with Carnival Films as TV drama, and as a stage musical with Les Enfants Terribles.
Contact: Vanessa Fogarty for factual rights, Sarah Ballard for podcast inquiries and Camilla Young for theatrical and TV/film inquiries.Reviews
Lady Worsley’s Whim should come with a warning: nothing else in the genre is close to being this good. As a historian and a story teller, Hallie Rubenhold is in a league of her own. She keeps you glued to the very last page
The Literary Review
Scrupulously researched and cleverly structured…Among the scurrilous tales of 18th-century low life…this one is the most intriguing.
The Daily Telegraph
Rubenhold aims to restore them to history as full human beings…Her riveting work, both compassionate group portait and stinging social history, finally gives them their due.
The Washington Post
FIVE STARS: At last, the Ripper’s victims get a voice… An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth.
Mail on Sunday
Forests have been felled in the interests of unmasking the murderer, but until now no one has bothered to discover the identity of his victims. The Five is thus an angry and important work of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. . . This is a powerful and a shaming book, but most shameful of all is that it took 130 years to write.