Helen Lewis

Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers the intersection of politics, society, and digital culture. She is the host of several acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series, including The New Gurus, Orwell vs Kafka, Strong Message Here, and Helen Lewis Has Left The Chat.

Previously, Lewis was deputy editor of the New Statesman and held the 2018-2019 Women in the Humanities Honorary Writing Fellowship at Oxford University. She is the author of two bestselling books: Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights, a history of feminism that was named a book of the year by the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, and Financial Times; and The Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule-Breakers, which was published simultaneously in the UK and US and also became a Sunday Times bestseller.

Lewis’ writing has appeared in a wide range of publications, including British Elle, the New York Times, Vogue, the Financial Times, the Observer, the Times, and the Guardian. She is a regular panellist on BBC One’s Have I Got News For You, a frequent guest on the Private Eye podcast Page 94, and has twice appeared on The Adam Buxton Podcast. Her 2018 GQ interview with Jordan Peterson has been viewed more than 69 million times.

Lewis studied English at Oxford University (2001–2004) and later completed an MA in English Literature with the Open University while working night shifts in her first job. She currently serves on the steering committee of the Reuters Institute for Journalism.