AIMEE BLACKLEDGE

Aimee writes dark comedic historical fiction set in Early Modern Europe. Her debut novel, Clouded in Clerkenwell, is set in 1641 London and follows two painters in a small studio at the edge of a country sliding toward civil war. It is the first novel in a planned series.

The setting for Clouded in Clerkenwell draws on archival research from her doctorate. Her DPhil at the University of Oxford examined how objects, collections, and visual culture shaped identity in Early Modern England. Her work explored painters' workshops, household inventories, anatomical theatres, and the rich material lives of seventeenth-century collectors.

She has taught at the University of Oxford and the University of Liverpool and has worked as a research associate, curator, and postdoctoral researcher in the history of art. Her curatorial and research projects have included collaborations with the BBC and Art UK. She is currently writing a novel about Hester Tradescant's later life and the second book in The Stranger Painters series.

Her poetry pamphlet Ghost Bones, written under the mentorship of T.S. Eliot Prize winner Joelle Taylor, was described as 'inventive, exploratory, and necessary'.