Melissa Harrison

Melissa Harrison (born 1975, Surrey) is an English novelist, short story and nature writer.[1] Harrison studied English Literature at Oxford University, graduating in 1996.[1] after which she worked as a freelance magazine subeditor, while contributing a regular "Nature Notes" column in The Times,[2] columns for The Guardian and contributions to radio and television.[3]

Her first novel, Clay, was published by Bloomsbury in January 2013, followed by At Hawthorn Time in 2015.[4] Her non-fiction books include Rain: Four Walks in English Weather (2016).[5] A third novel All Among The Barley was published in August 2018.[6] Her short story The Black Dog was broadcast on Radio 4 in March 2017.[7] She has contributed episodes to the Tweet of the Day strand.[8]

Further reading

  • Richard Powers and nature writing Open Book, Alex Clark interviews Richard Powers, Melissa Harrison and Jessica J Lee 12:00-27min min, BBC Radio 4 podcast, 28 August 2018, accessed 2 September 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 "Melissa Harrison". Rogers, Coleridge and White Ltd. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  2. ↑ Kappala-Ramsamy, Gemma (2013-01-23). "Debut author: Melissa Harrison". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Melissa. "Columns by Melissa Harrison". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ House, Christian (2015-05-08). "At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison". Daily Telegraph.
  5. ↑ "Author: Melissa Harrison". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  6. ↑ "Melissa Harrison". The Nest Collective. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  7. ↑ The Black Dog at BBC Programmes
  8. ↑ Tweet of the Day at BBC Programmes
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