Emily Critchley

Emily’s latest novel, One Puzzling Afternoon, was UK Indie Book of the Month June 2023, and will be published on the 3rd October in the USA where it has already been named as a must-read book of the fall by People Magazine.

Notes on My Family, Emily’s debut YA/crossover novel, was long-listed for the Branford Boase award, shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award, nominated for the Carnegie medal and featured as The Sunday Times book of the week. Emily has also written for children (9-12s): The Bear who sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg, and a coming of age novel, The Tiny Gestures of Small Flowers. 

Emily Critchley grew up in Essex and has lived in Brighton and London, where she worked as a bookseller in one of London’s largest bookshops. She has a first class BA in Creative Writing from London Metropolitan University and an MA with distinction in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. She now lives in Hertfordshire and combines writing with working part-time as a secondary school librarian where she runs a popular creative writing club.

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