Sonia Purnell

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 Hall – A 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]
2024 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue [7]

References

  1. ^ "Sonia Purnell | Penguin Random House". Penguinrandomhouse.com.
  2. ^ "Sonia Purnell". Soniapurnell.com.
  3. ^ "'A Woman Of No Importance' Finally Gets Her Due". NPR.org.
  4. ^ "Just Boris by Sonia Purnell – review". TheGuardian.com. 27 March 2012.
  5. ^ Vaill, Amanda (4 December 2015). "'Clementine: The Life of MRS. Winston Churchill,' by Sonia Purnell". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Herron, Mick (24 May 2019). "The Coolheaded, One-Legged Spy Who Changed the Course of World War II". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Lewis, Roger (14 September 2024). "Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell review — Pamela Harriman, Churchill's secret weapon". The Times.


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