Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Amanda Foreman (born 1968) is a British-American historian and biographer best known for her award-winning books Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1998, Whitbread Prize for Biography) and A World on Fire (2011, Fletcher Pratt Award), which inspired the film The Duchess and explored Anglo-American relations in the Civil War, respectively. She holds a doctorate in 18th-century British history from Oxford and has contributed as a columnist, documentary presenter, and judge for major literary prizes including chairing the Man Booker Prize. Alive, with a forthcoming book The World Made by Women in 2026.