Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke
Born	1969-70 Sheffield
Occupation	Journalist and writer
Alma mater	Oxford University
Notable work	Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties
Notable awards	Interviewer of the Year, British Press Awards
Spouse	Anthony Quinn

Rachel Cooke (born 1969-70) is a British journalist and writer.

Born in Sheffield, the daughter of a university lecturer, Cooke attended Oxford University.

Cooke began her career as a reporter for The Sunday Times. She has also written for the New Statesman, where she is television critic, and is a writer for The Observer newspaper. In the 'Lost Booker Prize' for 1970, announced in March 2010, Cooke was one of the three judges. Since 2010, Cooke has been reviewing graphic novels for The Guardian's "Graphic novel of the month".

Cooke's first book, Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties, was published in autumn 2013.

In 2006 she was named Interviewer of the Year at the British Press Awards and Feature Writer of the Year at the What the Papers Say Awards. In 2010 she was named Writer of the Year at the PPA Awards for her interviews in Esquire.

Cooke is married to the film critic, and novelist, Anthony Quinn.

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