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Helen Lewis
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Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic, based in London, who writes about politics and culture. Her first book, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights, was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Guardian, Telegraph and Financial Times book of the year. She is the writer and presenter of the BBC podcast series The New Gurus and Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat, and co-host of Radio 4’s Kafka vs Orwell and Strong Message Here. She won the 2024 Kukula Award for excellence in non-fiction book reviewing.

Books by Helen Lewis

The Genius Myth

The Sunday Times bestselling take-down of the genius myth, exploring the surprising history of invention, inspiration and distortion by which some lives are elevated to 'greatness' - and the unexpected consequences for us all.

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The Spark

11 profiles of, an interviews with, thinkers who are shaping the modern world.

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Difficult Women

The imperfect and unfinished story of the battles for women's rights, and of the complicated women who fought them

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