Nadine Dorries grew up in an impoverished area of Liverpool. She spent part of her childhood living on a remote farm with her grandmother in the west of Ireland. She trained as a nurse, then established her own successful business which she sold prior to embarking on a career in politics. She served 18 years in Westminster working her way up the ministerial ranks. She served as a minister of state in the department of health throughout the pandemic, finishing as Secretary of State at the department of digital culture media and sport. She is a Sunday Times bestselling novelist, having sold almost 3m copies of her novels set in Liverpool and Ireland.
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