Melissa Harrison (born 1975) is an English novelist, short story and nature writer. [1] [2]
Harrison was born in Effingham Junction, Surrey in 1975. [2] She attended a comprehensive school before studying English Literature at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1996. [1] [2] [3] After graduating, she worked as a freelance magazine subeditor, while contributing a regular "Nature Notes" column in The Times , [4] columns for The Guardian and contributions to radio and television. [5]
Her first novel, Clay, was published by Bloomsbury in January 2013, followed by At Hawthorn Time in 2015. [6] Her non-fiction books include Rain: Four Walks in English Weather (2016). [7] A third novel, All Among the Barley, was published in August 2018. [8] Her short story "The Black Dog" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017 [9] and she has contributed episodes to the channel's Tweet of the Day programme. [10] She has also made appearances on the BBC Two series Springwatch . [11] During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, she began a nature diary podcast called The Stubborn Light of Things which formed the basis of a new memoir published in November 2020 that outlined her move from urban London to rural Suffolk. [12] Her first children's novel, By Ash, Oak and Thorn was published by Chicken House Books in May 2021. [13]
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2015 | At Hawthorn Time | Costa Book Awards | Novel | Shortlisted | |
| 2016 | Bailey Women's Prize for Fiction | — | Longlisted | ||
| Rain | Wainwright Prize | — | Longlisted | ||
| 2019 | All Among the Barley | European Union Prize for Literature | — | Won | [14] |
| 2021 | By Ash, Oak and Thorn | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards | Children's | Shortlisted | [15] |
| The Stubborn Light of Things | East Anglian Book Awards | Book of the Year | Won | ||
| Independent Booksellers' Book Prize | — | Shortlisted | |||
| 2022 | By Rowan and Yew | Wainwright Prize | — | Shortlisted |
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Tracey Thorn is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 2000, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to 1983. Since 2007 she has been active as a solo artist; and as a writer of books and essays.
Springwatch, Autumnwatch until 2022 and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom. The programmes are broadcast live from locations around the country in a primetime evening slot on BBC Two. They require a crew of 100 and over 50 cameras, making them the BBC's largest British outside broadcast events. Many of the cameras are hidden and operated remotely to record natural behaviour, for example, of birds in their nests and badgers outside their sett.
Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author, best known for his television work including the CBBC children's nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995. He has also presented the BBC nature series Springwatch, including Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, since 2009.
Manda Scott is a former Scottish veterinary surgeon who is now a novelist, blogger, podcaster, columnist and occasional broadcaster. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland, she trained at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine and now lives and works in Shropshire.
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Cheryl Strayed is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Wild, the story of Strayed's 1995 hike up the Pacific Crest Trail, is an international bestseller and was adapted into the 2014 Academy Award-nominated film Wild.
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Jess French is a British television personality, veterinarian and author. She is the presenter of a television programme called Minibeast Adventure with Jess which has aired on CBeebies. French is also a best-selling children's author and a regular contributor to science and literary festivals such as Hay Festival, Edinburgh festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, Bath Festival of Children's Literature and Norwich Science Festival and printed press such as The Guardian, BBC Wildlife, The Week.
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Dara Seamus McAnulty is a Northern Irish naturalist, writer and environmental campaigner. He is the youngest ever winner of the RSPB Medal and received the Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing in 2020 after being the youngest author to be shortlisted for the award.
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