Katy Birchall Books in Order
Explore Katy Birchall's books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start tips for her YA, fantasy, and romcom novels.
Last updated: July 12, 2026
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Katy Birchall books in publication order
18 books
The It Girl
by Katy Birchall
2015
Shy Anna Huntley's life turns upside down when her dad gets engaged to a famous actress and the tabloids come calling. Suddenly she has to survive school, friendship drama, and unwanted fame all at once.
Team Awkward
by Katy Birchall
2016
After a painfully embarrassing video goes viral, Anna decides she needs a talent, or at least a better claim to fame. Sports day, school drama, and a new rival for Connor's attention soon make things worse.
Don't Tell the Bridesmaid
by Katy Birchall
2017
Anna is juggling the wedding of the century, a towering bridesmaid dress, and a class trip to Rome with Connor. She wants one perfect romantic week, but fame, family, and embarrassment have other plans.
Dramas of a Teenage Heiress
by Katy Birchall
2018
Flick's glamorous life gets even messier when vloggers, cameras, and public drama come crashing into Hotel Royale. Between friendship fallout and unwanted attention, she has to decide what kind of spotlight she can handle.
How to be a Princess
by Katy Birchall
2018
This light, lively nonfiction book looks at real and fictional princesses through a modern lens. Birchall focuses less on glass slippers and more on courage, kindness, responsibility, and making your own ending.
Secrets of a Teenage Heiress
by Katy Birchall
2018
Flick Royale lives in one of London's grandest hotels, but she barely appreciates it until trouble lands her on lockdown. As pop stars, parties, and crushes swirl around her, she starts seeing her world differently.
The It Girl in Rome
by Katy Birchall
2018
Anna heads to Rome with her classmates and boyfriend Connor, hoping for romance and a break from her dad's celebrity wedding chaos. In true Anna fashion, awkward moments keep getting in the way.
Jane Austen's Emma
by Katy Birchall
2019
Birchall retells Austen's classic for younger readers, following Emma Woodhouse as her matchmaking schemes create crossed signals, bruised feelings, and romantic confusion. It is a brisk, funny doorway into a beloved story.
Teen Witch
by Katy Birchall
2019
Morgan Charmley has finally proved she can control her powers well enough to attend a normal school. Now she just has to make friends, stay out of trouble, and avoid using magic to fix everything.
Spells and Secrets
by Katy Birchall
2020
Morgan is finding it harder than ever to keep her witch powers hidden at school. A saboteur, a dangerous secret, and a very complicated magical friendship leave her with plenty to untangle.
How Not To Be A Vampire Slayer
by Katy Birchall
2021
When Maggie moves to Goreway, she finds a hidden vampire world and learns she comes from a line of slayers. Her biggest problem is that her new best friend is a vegetarian vampire named Sharptooth Shadow.
Sex Education: The Road Trip
by Katy Birchall
2021
Maeve gets a call from Sean, and soon she is on the road with Aimee, Otis, and Eric to help him out of trouble. Their rescue mission turns into an undercover mystery among rich, reckless teens.
The Secret Bridesmaid
by Katy Birchall
2021
Sophie Breeze makes her living as a professional bridesmaid, solving wedding disasters behind the scenes. Her biggest job yet, a high-profile society wedding, brings impossible demands, family drama, and an inconvenient attraction.
The Vampire Slayer's Survival Guide
by Katy Birchall
2022
Maggie may come from a slayer family, but she is still determined to stand by her vampire friend Sharptooth. When hidden enchantments weaken and a monster hunter arrives, Goreway's uneasy peace is suddenly at risk.
The Wedding Season
by Katy Birchall
2022
After her fiancé calls off their wedding, Freya faces a whole season of other people's celebrations while nursing a broken heart. Her friends invent a series of dares to help her survive, and maybe start over.
The Last Word
by Katy Birchall
2023
Celebrity editor Harper Jenkins is furious when an old romantic betrayal walks back into her newsroom as her new colleague. Forced to work together, Harper and Ryan discover that old sparks can still cause real trouble.
Hot Young Royals
by Katy Birchall
2025
After her mother's death, Ruby is thrown into London's glittering upper class and an elite school full of titled classmates. A fake-dating scheme with a duke pulls her deeper into scandal, secrets, and a search for the truth.
One Last Thing
by Katy Birchall
2026
Megan travels to the south of France to scatter her late father's ashes, only to find her estranged mother on the same mission. Forced together at last, they must face years of hurt and unfinished questions.
Where to start with Katy Birchall
If you want funny, fame-filled YA: The It Girl → Team Awkward → Don't Tell the Bridesmaid
If you like glamorous London drama: Secrets of a Teenage Heiress → Dramas of a Teenage Heiress
If you want witchy school chaos: Teen Witch → Spells and Secrets → How Not To Be A Vampire Slayer
If you want wedding romcom energy: The Secret Bridesmaid → The Wedding Season
If you want adult romance with work and family drama: The Last Word → One Last Thing
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Author bio
Katy Birchall grew up in Essex, went to school in Surrey, and seems to have been pulled in two directions from early on, books on one side and theatre on the other. Both stayed with her. That mix helps explain a lot about her fiction, which is usually quick on its feet, very chatty, and full of characters who can make a total mess of things while still keeping your sympathy.
She was making up stories young. In one piece about her life as a writer, she mentioned a homemade family newspaper called The Birchall Times, which she wrote when she was about eight.
At the University of Manchester, Birchall studied English Literature and Linguistics, then completed a master's in Post-1900 Literature, Theories and Cultures. University was also where her theatre side got louder. In 2011 she won the 24/7 Theatre Festival Award for Most Promising New Writer for a comedy she wrote, produced, and directed herself. That background in stage comedy matters, because her books often run on timing, embarrassment, and the exact wrong thing happening at the exact worst moment.
Before and alongside her fiction, she worked in journalism, including at Country Life magazine, where she built a long career as a writer and editor. You can see that world feeding into the books too. Birchall likes public settings, glossy workplaces, famous people, weddings, schools, hotels, places where everyone is trying to keep up appearances while quietly falling apart.
Her debut novel, The It Girl, arrived in 2015 and introduced Anna Huntley, a shy, awkward schoolgirl who suddenly finds herself caught up in celebrity attention when her dad becomes engaged to a famous actress. The books that followed, including Team Awkward and Don't Tell the Bridesmaid, made clear what Birchall does well: funny social chaos, big feelings, and heroines who are not cool in the effortless way, but are easy to root for because they keep going anyway.
That same mix shows up in other younger fiction. Secrets of a Teenage Heiress moves into a luxury London hotel and follows Flick Royale through friendship drama and public embarrassment. Morgan Charmley: Teen Witch takes school comedy and adds magic. Her retelling of Jane Austen's Emma makes sense too, because Birchall has often spoken about loving Austen, and you can feel that affection in the matchmaking disasters, sharp observations, and fondness for flawed girls who need to learn a little humility.
Then came her adult romantic comedies. The Secret Bridesmaid was her adult fiction debut and follows a professional bridesmaid trying to hold together a society wedding without losing her mind. The Wedding Season and The Last Word kept that warm, funny, fast-moving feel, while One Last Thing adds a more emotional family thread to the mix. Even when the setting is glamorous, Birchall's books usually come back to the same things: friendship, dignity, second chances, and the hope that a disaster can still turn into a good story.
She likes a little sparkle.
More recently, books like Hot Young Royals show how comfortable she is with glitzy, high-pressure worlds, especially when they give her room to write about identity, class, and crushes with a light touch. Across age groups, readers tend to come to Birchall for humor, pace, and characters who are trying very hard to keep it together.
She now lives in London with her family and her rescue dog, Bono. That grounded, slightly chaotic warmth feels very much in step with the books themselves.
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