Career
Russell is from Harpenden, Hertfordshire. She appeared on children"s television in the show Fish and Chips on Nickelodeon in 1995, but moved on to present on technology a few years later, fronting a show called Chips With Everything on The Computer Channel (later renamed to tv). Russell has previously featured regularly on Consumer News and Business Channel Europe as both a reporter and producer.
She has also appeared on GMTV and The Pod Delusion.
Russell is a freelance reporter on the Webscape segment of the British Broadcasting Corporation technology show Click, which is broadcast in the United Kingdom on British Broadcasting Corporation News and internationally on British Broadcasting Corporation World News. She writes columns in Webuser and National Geographic Traveller magazines.
She also writes a column for the Original Volunteers website. Her first published book Working the Cloud is a collection of tips and resources to help businesses better use the Internet.
Russell"s novel Elite: Mostly Harmless was the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised over 400% of its funding goal.
lieutenant is a story set in the Universe of the Elite computer games. She enjoys kick-boxing and creative writing.
