The Winners of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction

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  Hello and welcome to Meet the Writers,

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  I'm Georgina Godwin.

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  My guests today are the winners of the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

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  Organised by the Women's Prize Trust,

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  the prizes celebrate outstanding works by women.

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  They were awarded at a glittering ceremony,

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  and I'm so pleased to say that now,

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  the next day, I'm catching up with both winners.

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  And we start off with the non-fiction winner,

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  who is Dr Rachel Clarke.

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  She's a British writer and physician specialising in palliative and end-of-life care.

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  Her previous work includes Breathtaking,

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  an account of working inside the NHS during the UK's first wave of Covid-19.

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  That was adapted into a TV series of the same name.

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  Other works include her memoir about life as a newly qualified medical practitioner,

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  Your Life in My Hands and Dear Life which explores death,

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  dying and end-of-life care.

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  Her winning book The Story of a Heart is an unforgettable tale of how one family's grief transformed into a life-saving gift.

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  Rachel,

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  we last met I think in our pyjamas with your dog Harley around a breakfast table in Hay.

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