Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time writer.

Clare’s memoir - The Sober Diaries - has helped thousands of people worldwide to quit drinking.

Clare’s first novel - The Authenticity Project - was a BBC Radio 2 Bookclub pick, a New York Times Bestseller, and the winner of the RNA debut novel award. It has been translated into 29 languages.

Clare is the author of the hugely popular blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, under the pseudonym Sober Mummy.

Clare lives in Fulham, London with her long-suffering husband, three children and two dogs.

You can find Clare at www.clarepooley.com or on social media - Twitter @cpooleywriter and Instagram @clare_pooley