Sophie Harrison was born in 1974. After studying 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 the Financial Times magazine. She works as a GP. Her first book, The Golden Minute, will be published by Little, Brown in 2021