Melissa Benn

Melissa Benn lives in London. As a writer she has contributed numerous essays, features and reviews to a wide range magazines and journals and has also published nine books – two novels and several books on the politics of education and women’s lives. She is a longstanding campaigner for a more equal and better funded education system; from 2014-2018 she was Chair of Comprehensive Future, a cross-party group calling for fair admissions, and in 2020 was a co-founder of the Private Education Policy Forum, a group committed to investigating and reforming the private/state school gap.  

Twitter: @Melissa_Benn 

Website: www.melissabenn.co.uk