Susie Dent is a lexicographer and etymologist, and a broadcaster on language. She recently celebrated 30 years as a co-presenter and the resident word expert on C4's Countdown, and also appears on the show's comedy sister 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown. Susie is a spokesperson for Oxford Dictionaries and comments regularly on TV and radio on words in the news. She is the author of several books, including her debut novel, published in 2024.