Hallie Rubenhold is a bestselling author, social historian, broadcaster and historical consultant for TV and film. Her most recent book, The Five, is the winner of the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction and has been voted Hay Festival Book of the Year. It is the first biography of the five victims of Jack the Ripper and reclaims the narrative in favour of the women, rather than the murderer. In addition to The Five, Hallie is author of two works of non-fiction, including The Covent Garden Ladies, which became the inspiration for the hit television series Harlots, and Lady Worsley’s Whim, which became the 2015 BBC 2 drama, The Scandalous Lady W. She has also written two novels set during the period of the French Revolution: Mistress of My Fate and The French Lesson.