Josh Silver | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1989 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | RADA |
| Genre | Psychological Thriller,YA Fiction |
| Subjects | Mental health, LGBTQI+ youth, dystopia |
Josh Silver (born 15 September 1989) is a British author. [1] He is a former actor and mental health nurse. [2] His debut novel, HappyHead, the first in a dystopian [3] duology of young adult fiction books (published by Oneworld Publications in the UK), [4] was shortlisted for the 2024 YA Book Prize, [5] nominated for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for writing [6] and named an Amazon Best YA book of 2023. [7] The sequel, Dead Happy, was published in the UK on 2 May 2024. [8] [9] The series published by Delacorte at Penguin Random House in the USA in autumn 2024. [10] The screen rights were acquired by actor Taron Egerton and Range Media Partners in a highly competitive auction [11] [12] pre-publication. Silver's third YA book, TraumaLand, a standalone psychological thriller, was published on 8 May 2025 [13]
Silver's debut adult novel, Fruit Fly, in which a wealthy author consumed by writers block stalks a young gay addict and sex worker in pursuit of a book deal, will publish in 2026. [14]
Silver’s will also publish the new book Eras me on March 10, 2026 only in the USA and Canada for now said by him
Silver grew up on a farm in the Lake District and moved to Manchester when he was a teenager. [15] He attended RADA at the age of 18. After appearing on Broadway (the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the Hilary Mantel books [16] Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies), and in the West End (notably alongside Nicole Kidman in Photograph 51), [17] he later retrained as a mental health nurse and began writing at the same time.