FRSL (born 1971), is an English journalist, author and literary critic who has written for publications including The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, London Review of Books, Granta, and Vogue.
[1][2] Wood read French literature at Cambridge University, and was a recipient of the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's College in 1999.
[5] Wood's book Living Dolls: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life[6] (US edition: Edison's Eve)[7] was published in 2002.
[11] Wood was The Daily Telegraph's head of books, overseeing literature coverage, from January 2010[12][13] until 2015, and continues to write for the paper.
[14][15] Wood was announced as literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation in April 2015, a few weeks after the death of her predecessor Ion Trewin (who had held the role since 2006, taking over from Martyn Goff, who ran the prize for three decades).