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Alex is the author of The Ghost Cat, a bestseller in the UK and USA. Also a theatre professional and social media influencer, his TikTok page @housedoctoralex has nearly 300,000 followers while his work on Capital Theatres’ dementia programme helped it receive a UK Theatres Excellence in Inclusivity Award in 2023.

Alex loves helping writers of all backgrounds craft language into beautiful prose and verse. A PhD graduate of English, his first book Library Cat owes its existence to a bout of procrastination while studying at the University of Edinburgh, going on to win the People’s Book Prize in 2017. He also writes poetry and has been published in New Writing Scotland, Gutter and The London Magazine, while his fiction has been translated into
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"I loved this book. The concept of a Victorian ghost cat going through all the eras, watching times change is so unique. I had a great time reading this book and could not put it down. It had me crying, smiling and laughing. Literally felt every emoti" Read more of this review »
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“How sad,” said Eilidh, her breath seeming to labor. “That there is no mention, from our good lord, about our beloved beasties and Grimalkin joining us in the afterlife. I shall see, my darling Alfie, I doubt not that. But our wee fluffy pals...always so noble! Always so loyal. With us through so much.”
Alex Howard, The Ghost Cat: A Novel

“The novel rights of Peter Pan were eventually bought by Hodder & Stoughton in 1911. Upon his death, Barrie bequeathed the rights of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The hospital still earns royalties for every Peter and Wendy–related film, book or play produced or shown to this day.”
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“And then two thoughts entered his head: one was of his mother; her eyes gummed together and her tortoiseshell stripes vibrant and gold as she licked him along his sticky fur as a newborn kitten. It was an image he had never had before during his whole life, but here it was now so clear and bright he could almost touch it. And then Eilidh...her smiling lips and rosy face looking down at him as he curled up near the fireside in 1902, tired and woozy.”
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