Rachael Funnell was born in Bristol and is a proud lifetime participant of Children Of The 90s. Growing up between Eastbourne and Worthing, she has long been passionate about the sea, which is probably why her debut novel The Damned Seabird is a psychological thriller set in a British seaside town. For fiction, she is represented by literary agent Jenny Todd at The Literary Office, and is currently preparing her second novel, My Best Friend’s Hand, for submission to publishers.
About Rachael Funnell
As a Writer and Senior Digital Content Producer for IFLScience, Rachael Funnell spends her days focused on science communication. She writes articles and films features and interviews about palaeontology, zoology, death, forensics, and funerary practices, and also co-hosts The Big Questions podcast.
In 2022 she co-created the e-magazine CURIOUS, and in 2023 launched IFLScience’s first-ever virtual event, CURIOUS Live. As presenter on the death stage, she dove into the decomposition ecosystem, what happens in an autopsy, medicine’s worst cures for deadly diseases, and what happens when you die?