Sarah Dunnakey

Sarah grew up in Guisborough, on the edge of the North York Moors and later Redcar in Teesside, by the sea.

After brief stints as a College Librarian, an Education Officer in a Victorian Cemetery and an NHS researcher she landed her dream job as a Question Researcher on Mastermind.

Sarah now writes and verifies questions for several TV quiz shows including University Challenge, Pointless and 15-to-1. Her work, especially researching Specialist Subjects for Mastermind, has been a rich source of story ideas.

She has had short stories published in various anthologies. Sarah's story ‘The Marzipan Husband’ was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 2014 she won a Northern Writers’ Award for the ‘The Companion’.