Reeta Chakrabarti is a journalist and broadcaster who is a Chief Presenter for BBC News, and has also reported extensively at home and abroad for the BBC. Born in London, she was brought up in Birmingham. She lived in Calcutta, India, as a teenager where she attended Calcutta International School before returning to the UK for university. She began working for the BBC in 1992 and has been there in various roles for over 30 years. She has previously been a judge for the 2021 David Cohen Prize for Literature; she was the chair of the 2021 Costa Book of the Year; and in 2023 chair of the BBC National Short Story Award. Reeta lives in London with her husband and has three children. Finding Belle is her debut novel.

‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar, The Day of the Roaring

Reeta Chakrabarti is a journalist and broadcaster who is a Chief Presenter for BBC News, and has also reported extensively at home and abroad for the BBC. Born in London, she was brought up in Birmingham. She lived in Calcutta, India, as a teenager where she attended Calcutta International School before returning to the UK for university. She began working for the BBC in 1992 and has been there in various roles for over 30 years. She has previously been a judge for the 2021 David Cohen Prize for Literature; she was the chair of the 2021 Costa Book of the Year; and in 2023 chair of the BBC National Short Story Award. Reeta lives in London with her husband and has three children. Finding Belle is her debut novel.

‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar, The Day of the Roaring