"Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS palliative care doctor and former television journalist. 'The Story of a Heart', the story of a heart transplant between two children, Keira and Max, was the winner of 2025's Women's Prize for non-fiction. Her memoir 'Breathtaking' was adapted into a TV series for ITV. She has two children."
"I was one of those kids who loved science and art at school. I also had a dad who was a doctor, a mum who was a nurse. It wasn't that I didn't want to do medicine, it's just that I almost felt pushed into it, by school mainly, and what I really loved as a kid was writing. I loved being a journalist in many ways, loved the contact with people, and the creativity involved in making films, but really struggled with the toughness required."
Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS palliative care doctor and former television journalist. The Story of a Heart, about a heart transplant between two children, Keira and Max, won the 2025 Women's Prize for non-fiction. The memoir Breathtaking was adapted into a television series for ITV. She has two children. She loved science and art at school and grew up with a father who was a doctor and a mother who was a nurse. She felt pushed into medicine by school despite a stronger passion for creative work. She enjoyed journalism for its people contact and filmmaking creativity but struggled with its toughness.
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