Born in London to a Welsh mother and Spanish father, Emily spent her teenage years in Barcelona.
Her first book Shop Girl Diaries began as a blog about working in her parents' eccentric chandelier shop. It was commissioned as a book and as a short film. She now writes about the benefits of social media for writers for several publications and runs workshops. Her most recent book, #Please Retweet, published in 2015.
You can follow her on Twitter @EmilyBenet.
