Elizabeth Day
English novelist and broadcaster; hosts the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day.
At a glance
Roles
The Observer (before)
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- Elizabeth Day is an English novelist, journalist and broadcaster.
- She was a feature writer for The Observer from 2007 to 2016.
- In 2018 she began the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, in which guests talk about what their failures taught them.
- She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2024.
Key facts
- Born
- 10 November 1978, Epsom, Surrey; raised in Northern Ireland1
- Education
- History, Queens' College, Cambridge1
- Novels
- Scissors Paper Stone (2012, Betty Trask Award); Home Fires (2012); Paradise City (2015); The Party (2017)1
- Non-fiction
- How to Fail (2019); Failosophy1
- Awards
- Young Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards (2004); How to Fail won Rising Star at the British Podcast Awards (2019)1
Roles
Before
Part of until 2016
The Observer (feature writer) source on The Observer
Links
Sources
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