Jenny Ryan is a professional quizzer. In 2015 she joined the hallowed team of Chasers on ITV’s teatime hit The Chase, beginning a campaign of crushing contestants’ dreams of a new kitchen or holiday to Florida. Nicknamed ‘The Vixen’ and ‘The Bolton Brainiac’ by host Bradley Walsh, she intimidates millions over their oven chips on a daily basis.

Before becoming a public-facing knowledge hound, she was a behind-the-scenes knowledge hound as a writer and researcher on shows including QI and The Weakest Link. Even further back you might have seen her on quiz shows like University Challenge, Only Connect and Mastermind. She’s used to grubbing about in the darkest recesses of libraries and the internet, seeking the juiciest, most obscure facts. So she thought she’d take a bunch of readers along on her researching and learning journey this time.

When she’s not quizzing, learning or writing out lists of UK number one singles or burial sites of kings (over and over again), Jenny can be found playing ukulele with her band Nanukes of the North, playing video games or watching cat videos on YouTube (over and over again).

Sleeping with the Past will be Jenny’s first book, and she is terribly excited about it.