Kate Mildenhall is the author of four novels - Skylarking (2016), The Mother Fault (2020), The Hummingbird Effect (2023) and The Hiding Place (2025). The Hummingbird Effect was longlisted for the 2024 stella prize and shortlisted for the 2024 Abia Literary Fiction Book of the Year. In 2024 she released her first children’s book To Stir With Love illustrated By Jess Racklyeft, shortlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards and the 2025 ABIA Children’s Book of the Year and notable in the CBCA Book Awards for early readers.