Rachel Holmes

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Biography

Formerly an academic, Rachel Holmes held lectureships in English at the University of Sussex, and Queen Mary College at the University of London. In 1998 she became part of the launch team of Amazon.co.uk, and was Web Site Manager of the Amazon UK site until leaving in December 2002 to pursue a full-time writing career. Her first book, Scanty Particulars: The Life of Dr James Barry, was published in 2002, and her second, The Hottentot Venus, a biography of Saartjie Baartman, was published in 2007. 

She has judged several literary prizes, including the Whitbread Awards and the Orange Prize for Fiction, and has appeared on Any Questions and Newsnight Review.

Rachel Holmes is a frequent columnist and reviewer and is Secretary of Friends of TAC, international fund-raising and lobby group for the Treatment Action Campaign, the South African HIV/AIDS movement.

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Bibliography

Scanty Particulars: The Life of Dr James Barry   Viking, 2002

Sarah Baartman: The Hottentot Venus   Bloomsbury, 2005

Read about books by Rachel Holmes at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Rachel Holmes at Amazon.co.uk

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Bloomsbury Publishing plc 38 Soho Square London  W1D 3HB England Tel: +44 (0)20 7494 2111 Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 0151 E-mail: publicity@bloomsbury.com http://www.bloomsbury.com

Agent Maggie Pearlstine Associates Ltd 31 Ashley Gardens Ambrosden Avenue London  SW1P 1QE England Tel: +44 (0)20 7828 4212 Fax: +44 (0)20 7834 5546 E-mail: post@pearlstine.co.uk

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