Bonnie Garmus

Bonnie Garmus is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, a number-one global bestseller that has captivated readers worldwide and won multiple national and international awards. Set in 1960s California, Lessons in Chemistry introduces us to Elizabeth Zott, a gifted research chemist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show.

Praised as “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel” by The New York Times Book Review and “the Catch-22 of early feminism” by Stephen King, Lessons in Chemistry was a #1 New York Times bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick. Chosen as a “Best Book of the Year” by The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Entertainment Weekly, and Newsweek, it has now been translated into over 40 languages and has been published in 42 territories, selling almost seven million copies. Apple TV+ also adapted Lessons in Chemistry into a Golden Globe-nominated miniseries starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson.

In energetic and inspiring conversations before large audiences at libraries, universities, festivals, and more, Bonnie Garmus discusses the inspiration behind Lessons in Chemistry and how the exercise of writing her own role model led her to create the smart, pragmatic Elizabeth Zott. A lifelong aspiring novelist whose work was rejected 98 times, Garmus talks candidly about tenacity in “the rejection sport of writing,” and how her experience as a professional storyteller played an essential role in developing her bestseller.

Among Garmus’s many international accolades are Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year, Hay Festival’s Book of the Year, Goodreads Choice Award Debut of the Year, British Book Awards Author of the Year, Waterstones Author of the Year, Books are My Bag Author of the Year Award and Readers’ Choice Award, Germany and Australia’s Booksellers Book of the Year, Australia’s International Book of the Year, and many more. Lessons in Chemistry was also selected by Queen Camilla for the Queen’s Reading Room and has been on the New York Times, Sunday Times and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years.

In addition to her career as a bestselling novelist, Bonnie Garmus is a copywriter and creative director who has worked for a wide range of clients in the US and abroad, focusing primarily on technology, medicine, and education. Born in California and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London.

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