Hattie Holden Edmonds has held down a variety of jobs ranging from junior assistant on Separates in Clements department store, to hat maker and music hack on a German pop magazine. She was the in-house writer at Comic Relief for three years, working on projects with amongst others, Richard Curtis, Sacha Baron Cohen and Armando Iannucci. She also runs a part time and very rickety cinema from a fisherman's shack in Whitstable, she loves a good swim, and dreams of being able to knock out a decent three course meal.She writes a weekly Huffington Post blog on all things bookish.She lives in London, not far from Kensal Green cemetery.