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Rachel Clarke

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Dr Rachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor and writer who lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two children.Her latest book, The Sunday Times number 3 bestseller DEAR LIFE, has just been shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Book awards, and was long-listed for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize. It is based on her work in a hospice and explores love, loss, grief, dying and what matters at the end of life. The Costa biography judges described it as: "A beautifully written, powerfully moving book that tackles an emotive and difficult subject with professional compassion and personal insight." On 28 January...

Daniel J. Levitin

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Daniel J. Levitin is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) in California. He is also the James McGill Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Music at McGill University, Montreal. "This Is Your Brain on Music" , "The World in Six Songs", "The Organized Mind" and "A Field Guide to Lies" (republished in paperback as "Weaponized Lies") were all #1 best-sellers. His work has been translated into 22 languages. Before becoming a neuroscientist, he worked as a session musician, sound engineer, and record producer, contributing...