Harriet Paige

Harriet Paige was born in Devon and studied English and American Literature at the University of Warwick before completing an MA in Writing. She has worked as a journalist and editor, and her background in the arts continues to inform her fiction. Her writing often explores the quiet tensions of ordinary lives and the unexpected connections that shape them.

Her debut novel Man with a Seagull on His Head was published by Bluemoose Books in 2017. The novel was shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize and recognised for its distinctive voice and insight into creativity and obsession.