Frances Leech is a baker and writer, living in Paris. Her essay, ‘Kitchen Rhythm’: A Year in a Parisian Pâtisserie, was runner-up in the 2012 Financial Times/Bodley Head essay prize. She co-authored and illustrated the Paris food guide, A Pocket Feast, in 2014, which won the UK category for French Cuisine in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. She is the author of a regular food blog, Tangerine Drawings.