Anna Whitelock received her PhD in history from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 2004 with a thesis on the court of Mary I. Her articles and book reviews on various aspects of Tudor history have appeared in many publications, including "The Guardian", "The Times Literary Supplement", " "and "BBC History." She has taught at Cambridge University and is now a lecturer in early modern history and the director of public history at Royal Holloway, University of London.