Alexandra Heminsley (born 1976) [1] is a British journalist and writer, living in Brighton and Hove. [2] She has written Running Like a Girl (2013), [3] Leap In (2018) [4] [5] and Some Body to Love (2021).
Heminsley worked in publishing for six years before becoming a freelance journalist and broadcaster in 2004. She was books editor and commissioning editor of Elle magazine for eight years until 2014 and for the BBC Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman for ten years. She has reviewed books for various newspapers and currently does so for the Sara Cox show on BBC Radio 2. She is also books editor for Grazia magazine. [6]