Kirstie Pelling is a writer and journalist based in the UK’s Lake District. Her debut novel, Life’s a Catastrophe, is a contemporary romantic comedy with a cat loving instagrammer at its heart. Her second novel, The Happiness Project, follows the misadventures of happiness coach Daisy Blane as she tries to make her online business work in real life. Both are published by Embla Books.
Her latest novel, Sink or Swim, a Lake District love story was published by HarperNorth in May 2026.
A travel blogger for twenty years, Kirstie has hiked, biked, canoed and railroaded more than 20 countries with her family for her multi award winning website The Family Adventure Project. https://www.familyadventureproject.org/
Kirstie’s articles have been published in many national and international publications and she has contributed to several travel books. She was a columnist for Cumbria Life Magazine, detailing the ups and downs of family life. And before that she made trailers for the BBC.
Kirstie writes poetry to commission and was once captured by BBC TV wandering the fells dressed as Wordsworth’s cloud. You can find her as Kirstie Pelling Author on social media or at her website – https://kirstiepelling.co.uk/.
