Katharine Quarmby

Katharine Quarmby is a writer and journalist, a contributor at Mosaic Science magazine and Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the London School of Economics. Previously, Quarmby worked as a producer for the BBC, a correspondent at the Economist and as a contributing editor at Newsweek Europe. She has written two books for adults, including Scapegoat: Why We Are Failing Disabled People, which won the Ability Media International Award, and No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers, which was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses award. She is also a pro bono coordinator of the Disability Hate Crime Network and a member of the Crown Prosecution Service National Scrutiny Panel on Disability Hostility.