Hester Grant studied modern history at Christ Church, Oxford, where she was awarded the JL Field Exhibition and the Keith Feiling History Prize. She subsequently trained and practised as a barrister. More recently, she returned to her twin loves of writing and 18th-century British history. Her first book, The Good Sharps; The Brothers & Sisters who Remade the World was published by Chatto & Windus at the beginning of the pandemic.