Lizzie Collingham

Lizzie Collingham is the author of The Hungry Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World, Imperial Bodies: The Physical Experience of the Raj and Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors. Having taught history at Warwick University she became a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge. She is now an independent scholar and writer. She has lived in Australia, France, and Germany and now lives near Cambridge with her husband and small daughter.