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Hallie Rubenhold (born 1971) is an American-born British historian and author. Her work specializes in 18th and 19th century social history and women's history. Her 2019 book The Five, about the lives of the women murdered by Jack the Ripper, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize and won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction.
The historian Hallie Rubenhold is the author of three works of non-fiction and two novels, of which, The Covent Garden Ladies and Lady Worlsey’s Whim, have inspired television dramas; Harlots (Hulu/Amazon) and The Scandalous Lady W (BBC2).
Hallie Rubenhold is a bestselling author, social historian, broadcaster and historical consultant for TV and film. Her most recent book, The Five; The Untold Lives of The Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Doubleday, 2019) is this year’s winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction.
The Five was the 2019 winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction and was shortlisted for the 2020 Wolfson History Prize. It is the first full-length biography to explore and contextualize the lives of the five victims of Jack the Ripper.
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper is a book by British historian Hallie Rubenhold, published by Doubleday in 2019. The book examines the lives of the "canonical five", the five women largely believed to have been killed by Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel murders.
Mar 4, 2020 · Hallie Rubenhold is a social historian and the author of The Five, a book that reclaims the voices of Jack the Ripper's victims. Learn about her writing process, her favourite books and her passions in this interview.
Apr 1, 2019 · Hallie Rubenhold is a historian, historical consultant and novelist. Her latest book The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper reconstructs the biographies of Mary Jane Kelly, Catherine Eddowes, Elizabeth Stride, Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman.
