Sarah Bakewell had a wandering childhood in Europe, Australia and England. After studying at the University of Essex, she wrote fiction and worked in bookshops before becoming Curator of early printed books at the Wellcome Institute Library for the History of Medicine in London. She curated an exhibition with Marina Warner for the Science Museum and catalogues rare book collections for the National Trust. She is the author of The Smart;The English Dane: From King of Iceland to Tasmanian Convict, and the bestsellers How to Live: A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer and At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails. www.sarahbakewell.com
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