Lindsey Fitzharris

Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris is a New York Times bestselling author, television host, and medical historian with a PhD from the University of Oxford. She writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, The Guardian, The Lancet, and New Scientist.

In 2017, Fitzharris released her debut book, "The Butchering Art," about the grisly world of Victorian surgery. It received many prestigious literary awards and high-profile reviews. To date, the book has sold over half a million copies worldwide and has been translated into 20 languages. In 2021, Fitzharris hosted the tv series, "The Curious Life and Death of…," on the Smithsonian Channel. The show explored some of the most mysterious deaths in history.

Her new book, "The Facemaker," is about the pioneering surgeon Harold Gillies who rebuilt soldiers’ faces during the First World War. It was an “instant New York Times Bestseller” on its release in June. It also debuted at #4 on the LA Times Bestseller List, and received rave reviews from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and many more US and international outlets. She has recently appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, NPR and other major networks with her book.

In addition to writing, Fitzharris curates medical history content for over 500,000 followers on social media, and actively develops TV shows for multiple high profile production companies. Her next book, "Sleuth-Hound," will be a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the medical detective, Joseph Bell, who loaned a voice and razor sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes.

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