Hayley Nolan author biography, plus links to books by Hayley Nolan.

Hayley Nolan

Hayley Nolan is a historian, TEDx Speaker, Associate of King's College London, and is currently at the University of Oxford undertaking her second master's degree. Her biography Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies was The Independent 'Book of the Month' and an Amazon History No1 bestseller. Hayley trained in the archives of the British Library specialising in historical manuscripts and rare books as part of a unique collaboration for her first master's degree at King's College London in Early Modern Text and Transmission. Then in 2024 Hayley completed a two-year Associateship of King's College London, a research-led programme which focussed on theology and London's culture and history, which she passed with two Dean's Commendations. Between 2024-2025 Hayley was involved in The London Archives research project Switching the Lens, joining the team searching for Londoners of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage in over 800 local parish records between 1538-1837. Hayley's history TEDx talk is based on her specialist subject, titled Anne Boleyn and the Art of Making Unpopular Decisions, and is streaming now on TED.com. In 2019 she worked with Houses of Parliament to launch the #BeMoreBoleyn campaign, inspired by her new analysis of Anne Boleyn's work in government. Now at the University of Oxford, Hayley is conducting an original Tudor research project for an MSt in History.

This biography was last updated on 12/01/2026.

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