Harriett Sarah Gilbert was born on 25 August 1948 and is an English writer, academic and broadcaster, particularly of the arts and book programmes on the BBC World Service.
11 Facts About Harriett Gilbert
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Harriett Gilbert is the daughter of the writer Michael Gilbert.
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Harriett Gilbert nominated A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes, first read to her by her father when she was eight, as a life-changing book.
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Harriett Gilbert has contributed to Time Out, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.
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Harriett Gilbert wrote two short animated films, directed by Marjut Rimminen: The Stain and Many Happy Returns.
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Harriett Gilbert has introduced the World Service arts documentary series Close Up.
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Harriett Gilbert previously presented the World Service's dedicated book programme The Word.
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Harriett Gilbert is the author of six novels, including Hotels With Empty Rooms and The Riding Mistress.
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Harriett Gilbert scripted the short animated film The Stain.
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Harriett Gilbert was a judge of the 2011 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
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Harriett Gilbert comes from a family of writers: her father Michael Gilbert wrote crime fiction; her paternal grandfather, Bernard Gilbert, was a poet, novelist and playwright; her paternal grandmother, Berwyn Cuthbert, was a journalist; and her younger brother, Gerard Gilbert, is a journalist.