Hannah Beckerman

Hannah Beckerman studied English at King's College (London) for her undergraduate degree, and at Queen Mary and Westfield (London) for her master's degree. She spent twelve years working in television, first as a producer for the BBC and susequently as a commissioning editor for arts and documentaries at Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel USA. She lived in Bangladesh for two years, working for the BBC World Service Trust. She is now a full-time author and journalist as well as a book critic and features writer for the Observer, the FT Weekend Magazine and the Sunday Express. She is also a regular chair at literary festivals and events and has been a judge for numerous book prizes including the Costa Book Awards. If Only I Could Tell You is Hannah's second novel. She lives in London with her husband and daughter.