Characters in Me Before You

Louisa Clark

An unworldly young caregiver who sets out to show a bitter, paralyzed man that life is still worth living.

Also in After You, Still Me

Will Traynor

A once-adventurous man left quadriplegic, mourning the life taken from him and considering how it should end.

Camilla Traynor

Will's mother, who hires Louisa.

Patrick (Me Before You)

Louisa's boyfriend of several years, a fitness obsessive who trains for triathlons and has little room left for her.

Nathan (Me Before You)

Will's New Zealander nurse and primary caregiver, cheerful and unsentimental, and the one person able to handle Will at his most taciturn.

Katrina Clark

Louisa's younger sister, known as Treena — regarded by the family as the clever one, and a single mother to her son Thomas.

Steven Traynor

Will's father, an English gentleman managing the family estate and his own infidelity.

Georgina Traynor

Will's younger sister, who returns home and sets herself against the course he has chosen.

Alicia Dewar

Will's girlfriend before the accident, who left him afterwards.

Rupert Freshwell

Will's former best friend and City colleague, who goes on to marry Alicia.