Based on the true story of Costanza Piccolomini - a fierce feminist icon who has been written out of history - Costanza brings to life the dizzying rise and fall of a brilliant young woman in 1600's Rome.
Born in Birmingham, Rachel spent her childhood in the Northeast, then the Midlands. She studied history at King's College London, where her fascination for women's history took root. After a brief stint in politics, Rachel built a senior career in corporate communications. In 2021, she was runner-up in the Harper's Bazaar Short Story Competition and won the Irish Writers Centre 2022 Novel Fair. Rachel lives in London with her three teenagers, two cats and one dog.
