Honor Cargill-Martin

Honor Cargill-Martin is a classicist and art historian from London. Honor read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford, where she won a scholarship before graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She holds masters degrees in Greek and Roman History from Oxford, and in Italian Renaissance Art History from the Courtauld Institute. She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ Church College Oxford.

Honor has published a number of fiction titles for children and teenagers. Her first non-fiction book, Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery, tells the story of the scandalous 1st century AD Roman empress Messalina and was published by Head of Zeus in May 2023.