Mimi Spencer

Mimi Spencer is best known for co-authoring the best-selling The Fast Diet with Dr Michael Mosley, which introduced the concept of 5:2 intermittent fasting to the world. The Fast Diet has sold over a million copies worldwide, with translations into more than 30 languages. Mimi went on to write The Fast Diet Recipe Book and Fast Cook . Mimi's background is in lifestyle and style journalism, with an early career as a fashion writer for Vogue , the Evening Standard and then as editor of ES...See more

Mimi Spencer is best known for co-authoring the best-selling The Fast Diet with Dr Michael Mosley, which introduced the concept of 5:2 intermittent fasting to the world. The Fast Diet has sold over a million copies worldwide, with translations into more than 30 languages. Mimi went on to write The Fast Diet Recipe Book and Fast Cook . Mimi's background is in lifestyle and style journalism, with an early career as a fashion writer for Vogue , the Evening Standard and then as editor of ES Magazine . She has been a columnist for You Magazine ( Mail on Sunday ), Observer Food Monthly and Waitrose Kitchen , while also writing lifestyle, fashion and food features for The Times and many national magazines. Mimi, 49, lives in Brighton with her husband and two teenage children. See less