Dr Kate Evans has a PhD in history and too many books. She regrets neither. She has worked in publishing, universities, TV and radio, and joined Radio National in the 1990s. Since then, she has worked as both producer and presenter, on historical programs like Hindsight and Rear Vision, ideas programs including Australia Talks, Movie Time and Life Matters, and in recent years has specialised in interviews with authors on Books and Arts, Books Plus and (now) The Bookshelf.