Purnell in 2019 at the Chiswick Book Festival

Sonia Purnell is a British writer and journalist who has worked at The Economist, The Daily Telegraph, and The Sunday Times. Her books include Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill, which was chosen as book of the year by The Telegraph and The Independent, and was a finalist for the Plutarch Award.

She also wrote the book and screenplay for the future film about Virginia HallA Woman of No Importance, produced by J. J. Abrams.[1][2] It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by NPR.[3]

Bibliography

Year Title Ref.
2012 Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition - A Biography of Boris Johnson [4]
2015 Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill [5]
2019 A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy [6]

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