Rachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor and the author of three Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction books. Breathtaking, was adapted into an acclaimed television series, broadcast on ITV in 2024. Dear Life, depicting her work in an NHS hospice, was shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Biography Award and long-listed for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize. Before going to medical school, Rachel produced and directed current affairs documentaries focusing on subjects such as Al Qaeda and the Iraq War.