[Perspectives] Rachel Clarke: writing life

00:00 - 10 Jan 2026

“When I was really little”, says Rachel Clarke, looking back to her days at primary school, “we had to write a book called All About Me. Mine has a picture of me at a desk saying ‘When I grow up, I am going to be a writer of books.’” Clarke has more than fulfilled her childhood ambition and is the author of four books. The Story of a Heart, her account of a cardiac transplant from one child to another, won the UK's 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction. Clarke divides her time equally between writing and work as a palliative care specialist in the UK.