Rachel Clarke wins 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction
Rachel Clarke (1990) has been awarded the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, with The Story of a Heart. The book follows two family stories, exploring the human experience behind organ donation. We meet two nine-year old children: Kiera, who dies following a catastrophic car accident, and Max, who faces heart failure due to a viral infection.
The Women's Prize commented on The Story of a Heart:
Inspiring, profoundly moving and insightful, it celebrates both an indefatigable respect for life, the generosity and tenacity of the human spirit and the sheer miracle of modern science.
Rachel studied PPE at New College, working in broadcast journalism before qualifying as a doctor in 2009.