After a decades-long career as a copywriter, Bonnie Garmus, achieved literary acclaim with her debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry. It has been translated into 40 languages and has achieved countless national and international awards. It was selected by Queen Camilla for the Queen’s Reading Room and has been on the New Times, Sunday Times and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years. Interestingly, when Garmus sent out her first finished book, it was rejected 98 times. Lessons in Chemistry was recently made into an Apple TV+ series starring, Oscar winner Brie Larson.