HARRIET CONSTABLE is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker who lives in London. Her work for the New York Times, the Economist and the BBC has taken her all over the world. She is a grantee of the Pulitzer Center and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Constable grew up playing the flute and singing with her mother, a classically trained pianist and singer. She holds a BA in English literature from Birmingham University. The Instrumentalist is her debut novel.