Catherine Hemingway

Catherine Kelly Hemingway is a literary and visual artist focused on Austenesque novels and pastel portraiture. A retired marketing executive, Catherine debuted her first novel, The Matchmaker of Pemberley in 2023 followed by Pemberley to Dublin: A Matchmaker’s Journey which released in 2024. Visits to Bath, Chawton, and Winchester rekindled her passion for the remarkable novels and life of Jane Austen. A monthly blog examines the personality dynamics of Austen’s characters and how they reflect her own life’s experience. If Catherine isn’t writing, she is painting, and living out her philosophy to “play your part with a joyful heart, make your life a work of art.”