Bonnie Garmus Biography

Bonnie Garmus is an American author and former copywriter whose debut novel, “Lessons in Chemistry” (2022), became a global bestseller, selling over 6 million copies and being translated into 42 languages. Raised in Seattle, she earned a B.A. in creative writing/aesthetic studies from UC Santa Cruz. Garmus worked as a copywriter and creative director in the technology, medicine, and education sectors, living in Switzerland and Colombia before settling in London with her husband. Inspired by workplace sexism, her novel follows Elizabeth Zott, a chemist-turned-1960s TV cooking show host, blending feminism, humor, and science. Praised by The Guardian for its "polished, funny, thought-provoking" narrative and by Stephen King as "the Catch-22 of early feminism," it was adapted into an Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson. Garmus, a rower and open-water swimmer, is working on her next novel.

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