Catherine Alliott

Catherine Alliott writes British romantic comedy with a strong interest in families, houses, and the disruptions that expose long-held assumptions. The Pink House begins when Emma and Hugh inherit his childhood home and decide to leave London for the country. The move draws Hugh’s sisters back into family life and turns the house into a pressure point for memory, loyalty, and change. The novel appeared from Penguin’s Michael Joseph imprint in 2023. Alliott began her career in advertising before publishing The Old-Girl Network in 1994, and she has since built a long sequence of warm, socially observant novels. In this book, domestic comedy and family tension matter as much as the central marriage.