About the Author

Sophie Harrison studied English literature at university. She wrote technical manuals and TV listings before becoming an editorial assistant and later an editor for Granta Magazine. In 2003 she began retraining as a doctor. She has written about books for the Sunday Times, the New York Times, the London Review of Books and the Guardian. For several years she wrote a column about medicine for FT Weekend Magazine. She is married with two children and works as a GP.