Penny Parkes

Penny Parkes lives in the Cotswolds with two children, two dogs, an ever-tolerant husband and a growing portfolio of invisible and dynamic disabilities (some of which are so rare that the doctors in A&E regularly resort to Google…)

As an author, she has topped the Audible and Kindle charts many times and her fiction debut, Out Of Practice, won the Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award in 2017.

She has appeared at literary festivals around the country and has written for The Telegraph, as well as extensively in her local media.

How To Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen is Penny’s seventh book, but the one she has been waiting a lifetime to write: now - more than ever - when its ideas, themes and advice are needed the most.

Her dedicated account @how2talktoyourdoctor on TikTok and Instagram went viral within a few short hours and provides a community and advice hub to accompany the book.

You can find her fiction page on X and Instagram as @CotswoldPenny