Sonia Purnell is a journalist and biographer who has worked for publications such as The Economist, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times. Mrs. Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Clementine is her first book. The Telegraph and The Independent named Winston Churchill (released as First Lady in the UK) as a book of the year, and it was a finalist for the Plutarch Prize. Her first book, Just Boris, was on the Orwell Prize longlist.