Catherine Pearson read History at King's College, London followed by a MA and PhD in Museum Studies at University College London. She is an independent researcher and historian and editor of the journals of museum curator, E.J. Rudsdale (1910-1951).
She is the author of 'Museums in the Second World War: Curators, Culture and Change' and 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester' and has written a story for children entitled 'The Sole Bay Railway'.