Judith Ratcliffe

Children's Author, Adult Non-Fiction Writer, Speaker
Academic writer, Anthologist, Biographer, Children's writer, Crime writer, Educational writer, Independent / self-published author, Journalist, Non-fiction writer, Novelist, Photographer, Poet, Spoken-word artist
Available for:
Editing, Festivals and other events, Ghostwriting, Judging, Lecturing and teaching, Library visits, Live readings and performances, Media, Mentoring, Proofreading, Public speaking, Residencies, School visits, Workshops
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Upcoming -2025

Beyond the Hype: What they don’t want you to know about Central Bank Digital Currencies

https://www.waterstones.com/book/beyond-the-hype/judith-ratcliffe/judith-ratcliffe/9781738504718

Out Now:

Most Recent Interviews and Articles include:

1. A UK Lens on AI and Privacy: Q&A with UK Privacy Expert Judith Ratcliffe

American Bar Association, Science Law and Technology Section, e-Privacy Newsletter (interviewed by Stephen Novosel), April 2025

2. Being a Leader and Why Organisations Need To Embrace Privacy in Their Work, January 2025

https://bookbrilliancepublishing.com/2025/01/20/being-a-leader-and-why-organisations-need-to-embrace-privacy-in-their-work/

3. Unpacking Privacy Rights and Data Protection Changes with Judith Ratcliffe, 25 Nov 2024

4. Investigative Report into AI Road Safety Cameras (May/June 2024)

5.. In this age of drives to digital, we need, written into law, a right for every citizen in the United Kingdom to access Government and local authority services offline (on paper and over the counter), May 2023

https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-68-issue-05/opinion-judith-ratcliffe/

Anthology (autobiographical) Chapter in the anthology Voices of Women:

Manifestly Making It, In Public

– The Paradoxical Story of a Privacy Professional, Hospital Radio Presenter and Author…

https://bookbrilliancepublishing.com/product/voices-of-women/

Adult Non-Fiction Books

  1. Privacy and Data Protection in Your Pocket: Personal Data Breaches
  2. Hide or Speak?

Links to both of those books can be found here:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/judith-ratcliffe/5549723

Children’s Books

  1. Miranda and The Silver Shoes/ Miranda’s Silver Shoes
  2. Practically Magic (Currently Out of Print)
  3. The Silver Shoes In The Land Of The Dinosaurs

Links to books (1) and (3) can be found here:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/judith-ratcliffe/5549723

Key Areas of Expertise include:

  1. Children’s Stories, Voicework and Workshops
  2. Entertainment Journalism including oral interviews and written journalism
  3. Investigative Journalism
  4. Human Rights Law, including Privacy, Data Protection and The Right to Life
  5. Financial Crime Prevention
  6. Leadership