| Daisy Hildyard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 Malton, North Yorkshire, England |
| Alma mater | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | Caleb Klaces |
| Children | 1 |
Daisy Hildyard (born 1984) is an English novelist and essayist.
Her debut novel, Hunters in the Snow, won the 2014 Somerset Maugham Award, and her next novel, Emergency, won the 2023 Encore Award, given for a second novel. Her essay The Second Body (2017) has been described as "an essay on the Anthropocene". She has also been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and The New York Review of Books.
Early life
Hildyard was born in Malton, North Yorkshire. She gained a first-class degree at St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 2003, and then studied for a doctorate in early modern scientific literature at Queen Mary, University of London.
Personal life
She is married to writer Caleb Klaces (winner of a 2012 Eric Gregory Award); they have a daughter and they live in North Yorkshire.
Select publications
- Hildyard, Daisy (2013). Hunters in the Snow. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224097444.
- Hildyard, Daisy (2023). Emergency. London: Fitzcarraldo Editions. ISBN 978-1913097813.
- Hildyard, Daisy (2023). The Second Body. London: Fitzcarraldo Editions. ISBN 978-1910695470.
References
- "Daisy Hildyard". Penguin Books Australia. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- "Somerset Maugham Awards: Past winners". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- Spanoudi, Melina (15 June 2023). "Hildyard wins £10,000 Encore Award for Emergency". The Bookseller. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Daisy Hildyard". Granta. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- Hildyard, Daisy (15 December 2024). "Revision [short story]". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- "Daisy Hildyard". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- "Who's Who: Daisy Hildyard". York Authors. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- "Daisy Hildyard: Writer". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- "Eric Gregory Awards: Past winners". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- "Daisy Hildyard". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- Thorpe, Adam (19 August 2013). "Hunters in the Snow by Daisy Hildyard – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- Moss, Sarah (4 May 2022). "Emergency by Daisy Hildyard review – a dark pastoral". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
Further reading
- Interview in Tank magazine
- Interview by Rose Brookfield in The London Magazine
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