Mimi Spencer is best known for co-authoring the best-selling The
Fast Diet with Dr Michael Mosley, which introduced the concept of
5:2 intermittent fasting to the world. The Fast Diet has sold over
a million copies worldwide, with translations into more than 30
languages. Mimi went on to write The Fast Diet Recipe Book and Fast
Cook.
Mimi's background is in lifestyle and style journalism, with an
early career as a fashion writer for Vogue, the Evening Standard
and then as editor of ES Magazine. She has been a columnist for You
Magazine (Mail on Sunday), Observer Food Monthly and Waitrose
Kitchen, while also writing lifestyle, fashion and food features
for The Times and many national magazines.
Mimi, 49, lives in Brighton with her husband and two teenage
children.
Sam Rice's career has taken her from management consultant and
travel business owner, to sommelier, wine columnist and more
recently, food writer.
Following the premature death of her youngest brother, who suffered
from type 1 diabetes, she decided to overhaul her diet in the
interests of living a longer and healthier life. She wrote about
the process in her book The Happy Eater, 4 Weeks to a Better
Relationship with Food, which was self-published in 2014.
Sam, 47, now lives in Bali with her husband and two children.
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