ABOUT iszi
Iszi Lawrence is an author, comedian, podcaster and History presenter.
Credits include Apple TV+’s Lost Women Spies, National Geographic's Pirates: Behind the Legends, Sky History U-boat: Wargamers, Netflix The Lost Pirate Kingdom.
Presenter of The Forum (BBC World Service), co-host of BBC Radio 4’s flag ship show, Making History with Tom Holland,Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny (BBC R4), The British Museum Membercast and popular science podcast Terrible Lizards with Dr Dave Hone and Talk Like An Egyptian podcast with Dr Chris Naunton.
Iszi has performed bespoke History shows at events for The British Science Festival, Dulwich Picture Gallery, The British Museum, National Maritime Museum, Royal Society, Ashmolean Museum etc. He has spoken at numerous events and has hosted the Conway Hall Ethical Gala and The Museum and Heritage Awards.
TV Credits also include Yesterday Channel’s Great British Landmark Fixers, Royals: Keeping The Crown (CuriosityStream), Murderous History (Smithsonian Channel), Ancient Apocalypse season 1 , 2, 3 (ZDF) N.B. NOT the Graham Hancock documentary.
She was part of the Perrier Award Winning Best Newcomer show in 2004 and regularly performs stand up comedy around Europe on the comedy circuit.
She has written for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Xtra, BBC Radio 1 and Resonance FM. She has also written for the Guardian.
Iszi is an author of historical fiction for children. Her latest novel for 9-12 year olds The Domesday Cows (Bloomsbury) a story about an anglo saxon girl hiding cattle from the Normans was Independent bookshops Book of the Month for January 2026.
Her first novel The Unstoppable Letty Pegg (Bloomsbury) was published in 2020 and Billie Swift Takes Flight (Bloomsbury) came out September 2021. Her third novel Blackbeard’s Treasure was Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the month (Jan 2023). City of Spies (Jan 2024) follows the real Culper Spy Ring in New York during the American Revolution.
Iszi has also got a series of 6 time travel aimed at 7-9 year olds The Time Machine Next Door (Bloomsbury).
Iszi visits schools and runs history and historical fiction workshops for Key Stage 2 and 3 students.