Hester Grant studied modern history at Christ Church, Oxford, where she was awarded the JL Field Exhibition and the Keith Feiling History Prize. She subsequently trained and practised as a barrister.
Hester gave up her career at the Bar to bring up her three children, and to pursue her great loves of writing and 18th-century British history. Her first book, The Good Sharps, will be published by Chatto & Windus in July 2020.
Agent: Patrick Walsh
