Biography

Harriet Griffey is a writer and journalist, and author of a number of published non-fiction books. She writes regularly for a variety of different outlets, but originally qualified as a state registered nurse and worked as a staff nurse on the paediatric unit of the Middlesex Hospital, London before moving into book publishing, becoming publishing director at Macdonald Optima, then moving into television production and, finally, journalism. She is also an accredited life coach, and works with teenagers through the charity Youth at Risk.