Daisy Hildyard
Daisy Hildyard | |
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| Born | 1984 Malton, North Yorkshire, England |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | Caleb Klaces |
| Children | 1 |
Daisy Hildyard (born 1984)[1] is an English novelist and essayist.
Her debut novel, Hunters in the Snow, won the 2014 Somerset Maugham Award,[2] and her next novel, Emergency, won the 2023 Encore Award, given for a second novel.[3] Her essay The Second Body (2017) has been described as "an essay on the Anthropocene".[4] She has also been published in The New Yorker,[5] Granta,[4] and The New York Review of Books.[6]
Early life
[edit]She was born in Malton, North Yorkshire.[7] 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.[8]
Personal life
[edit]She is married to writer Caleb Klaces (winner of a 2012 Eric Gregory Award[9]); they have a daughter and they live in North Yorkshire.[10]
Select publications
[edit]- Hildyard, Daisy (2013). Hunters in the Snow. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224097444.[11]
- Hildyard, Daisy (2023). Emergency. London: Fitzcarraldo Editions. ISBN 978-1913097813.[12]
- Hildyard, Daisy (2023). The Second Body. London: Fitzcarraldo Editions. ISBN 978-1910695470.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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
[edit]- Interview in Tank magazine
- Interview by Rose Brookfield in The London Magazine
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