Grace Quantock is a psychotherapeutic counsellor, author, and disability advocate whose work explores the intersections of chronic illness, class, and systemic barriers. Her Amazon bestselling book, Living Well with Chronic Illness: Write Your Own Roadmap to Healing in Tough Times (Orion Spring, Hachette, 2023), has been acclaimed by readers and critics alike. Novelist Stephanie Butland described it as “a vital book: insightful, practical, and grounded… that should be available on prescription.”

Grace brings her lived experience as a disabled working-class Welsh woman to her writing, infusing her work with both professional expertise and personal insight. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Statesman, and The Welsh Agenda. She was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize and Writers’ & Artists’ Working-Class Writers’ Prize, and she contributed to the anthology An Open Door (Parthian, 2022) and A Woman’s Wales (Parthian, 2024).

Beyond her writing and therapy practice, Grace serves in several public roles including board member for an NHS Hospital Trust, a board member for a national patient advocacy body and a senior independent panel member for Welsh government and for the Ministry of Justice. She is the youngest NHS non-executive director in British history.

Grace is currently developing her debut novel, With No Extraordinary Power, through the prestigious Literature Wales Representing Wales programme. This queer, disabled coming-of-age story set in 1997 explores climate activism through the lens of class and disability. She is also working on The Mutual Care Method, building from Living Well with Chronic Illness and drawing on her unique perspective as both therapist and disabled carer to provide practical guidance for navigating complex care relationships without burning out.

Grace was part of the 2021/22 cohort of A Writing Chance.