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Elizabeth Day (born 10 November 1978) is an English novelist, journalist and broadcaster. She was a feature writer for The Observer from 2007 to 2016, and wrote for You magazine. Day has written six books, and is also the host of the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day. Early life Day was born to Tom and Christine Day in England but was raised in Northern Ireland after her father became a general surgeon at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. Day became interested in being a writer when she was seven and became a youth columnist for the Derry Journal at the age of 12. Day attended Methodist College Belfast and Malvern St James in Worcestershire, before going on to obtain a double first in History from Queens' College, Cambridge. Journalism After graduating, Day initially intended to obtain a master's degree in journalism, but was instead offered a job for the Evening Standard on the Londoner's Diary feature by Max Hastings. Day remained at the Standard for a year before joining The Sunday Telegraph as a news reporter, initially on a three-month trial. While working for the Telegraph, Day won the Young Journalist of the Year Award at the 2004 British Press Awards. After leaving the Telegraph, Day wrote features for Elle and The Mail on Sunday. From 2007 until 2016, Day was a feature writer for The Observer, gaining a commendation in the "Feature Writer of the Year (Broadsheet") category at the 2012 Press Awards. Podcast In 2018, Day began her own podcast series, How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, in which she interviews guests who discuss what their failures taught them. The first episode featured Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and subsequent interviewees have included Gloria Steinem, Kelly Holmes, Nadiya Hussain, Bernardine Evaristo and Adam Buxton. The podcast won the Rising Star Award at the 2019 British Podcast Awards. Books Day's first novel, Scissors Paper Stone, was published in 2012 and won the Betty Trask Award for debut novels by writers under the age of 35. The book, recounting the impact of sexual abuse by a family patriarch, received mixed reviews, with Melissa Katsoulis of The Sunday Telegraph describing Day as "a thoughtful and conscientious new voice in fiction", while conversely Catherine Taylor of The Guardian stated Day's writing style "ultimately disengages the reader". Day's second novel, Home Fires (2012), details two connected women responding to the aftermaths of the First World War and the conflict in South Sudan, respectively, as well as the impact of the ageing of loved ones. Viv Groskop in The Observer praised Day's writing and described the book as "a beautifully written novel whose quietly discomfiting tone stays with you for a long while afterwards". Day's third novel, Paradise City (2015), received positive reviews internationally, including praise by Charles Shafaieh of The New York Times, who called the novel's depiction of life in contemporary London as a "testament" to Day's skills as a writer, in addition to a positive review by Amanda Craig in The Daily Telegraph. Day's fourth novel, The Party (2017), was described as a "slow-burner of a literary thriller" and a "gripping page-turner" by Lucy Scholes of The Observer. Day's fifth book and first work of non-fiction was How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned from Things Going Wrong, a tie-in with her podcast which was published in 2019 and received a positive review from The Sunday Times. Day's sixth book was also a non-fiction tie-in with her podcast; Failosophy: A Handbook for When Things Go Wrong (2020), featuring lessons she had learned from her own life as well as those of her readers, listeners and podcast guests. Day's seventh book, Magpie, which explores the issue of infertility, was released in September 2021. It was Day's fifth novel, her first work of fiction since the publication of The Party in 2017. Day explored the issue of motherhood not being possible by choice and society's perspective of failure with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee on BBC Radio 2 show. Television and radio In 2020, Day was announced as the co-host of Sky Arts Book Club Live alongside Andi Oliver. The first series of six episodes aired that year. In 2021, Day was announced as one of the new hosts of Open Book, Radio Four's book programme, alternating with Johny Pitts. Day hosted her first episode on 17 January. Both her novel The Party and her memoir How to Fail are being made into TV shows, the former by World Productions and the latter by Sky. Pin Drop Studio Day is co-founder of the cultural organisation Pin Drop Studio, which holds regular literature salons in London and other major cities, as well as the annual Pin Drop Short Story Award in collaboration with arts institution the Royal Academy of Arts. Personal life Day married journalist Kamal Ahmed, the Business Editor of BBC News, in December 2011. The couple separated in February 2015, and are now divorced. She dated the TV presenter Rick Edwards. Day's second husband is Justin Basini (b. June 1974), the CEO and co-founder of ClearScore. Bibliography Fiction Scissors Paper Stone (2012) Home Fires (2013) Paradise City (2015) The Party (2017) Magpie (2021) Non-fiction How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned from Things Going Wrong (2019) Failosophy: A Handbook for When Things Go Wrong (2020) Failosophy for Teens (2023) Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict (2023) References External links Elizabeth Day's Official website Elizabeth Day's contributor page, Guardian/Observer website Elizabeth Day's Interview in Storizen Magazine. Discover the Elizabeth Day popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elizabeth Day books.
Best Seller Elizabeth Day Books of 2024
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I Am a Girl from Africa
Elizabeth NyamayaroA “profound and soulnourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose neardeath experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change acro...
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The Confession Club
Elizabeth BergUSA TODAY BESTSELLER An uplifting novel about friendship, surprising revelations, and a second chance at love, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arth...
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Surface With Daring
Douglas ReemanHiding, lying in wait on the sea bed, is EX16.Though one of the most important ships in the Royal Navy, she's not much to look at; she's only 54 feet long, with no defensive armame...
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The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth GilbertA glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed In The Signature of A...
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The Gown
Jennifer RobsonOne of the most anticipated reads from InStyle, HelloGiggles, Hypable, Bookbub, and Bookriot!One of Real Simple's Best Historical Fiction novels of the year!“The Gown is marve...
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Whiskey in a Teacup
Reese WitherspoonAcademy Award–winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with...
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The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth CobbsA New York Times Bestseller and one of the best historical fiction books of 2016 and 2017!“A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton…” CosmopolitanSet against the dramatic...
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Daily Guideposts 2021
GuidepostsDaily Guideposts, America's bestselling annual devotional, is a 365day devotional from the Editors of Guideposts that will help readers grow in their faith every day of the year.Da...
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All That Heaven Allows
Mark GriffinThe inspiration for the HBO® Original Documentary, Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed, airing June 28!The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunder...
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The Bench
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex & Christian Robinson#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex’s first children’s book, The Bench, beautifully captures the special relationship between father and son, as seen throug...
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Eighty Days
Matthew GoodmanNATIONAL BESTSELLEROn November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break ...
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You Be Mother
Meg MasonWhat do you do, when you find the perfect family, and it's not yours? A charming, funny and irresistible novel about families, friendship and tiny little white lies.The only thing ...
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Akwaeke EmeziA Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Best Romance of 2022 by The New York Times and The Washington Post, and a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Harper’s Bazaar...
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The Jane Austen Handbook
Margaret SullivanBridgerton fans and Jane Austen neophytes will be bewitched, body and soul, by this fun, informative guide to the nuances of life in Regency England Every young lady dreams ...
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In the Days of Queen Elizabeth
Eva March TappanEva March Tappan traces the life of England’s Queen Elizabeth I, from her childhood to England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada, in this 1902 biography for children.
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The Chaperone
Laura MoriartySoon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Timesbestselling novel about the woman who...
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Carry On, Warrior
Glennon DoyleThe first book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedThe inspiring and hilarious instant New York Times bestseller from the beloved writer, speaker, activist, and...
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My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winn...
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Daily Guideposts 2018
GuidepostsDaily Guideposts, America’s bestselling annual devotional, is a 365day devotional from the Editors of Guideposts that will help readers grow in their faith every day of the year.Da...
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Wars of the Irish Kings
David W. McCulloughThe riveting true story of how Ireland came to be, told through eyewitness accounts from a thousand years of struggle “A fascinating mixture of mythology and actual historical...
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The Dearly Beloved
Cara Wall“This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection!)This “moving portrait of love and frie...
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Under a White Sky
Elizabeth KolbertNATIONAL BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much ...
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Never Change
Elizabeth BergYou know people like me. I'm the one who sat in a folding chair out in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with. ...
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When Angels Speak of Love
bell hooksThe late feminist icon and author of over twenty books, including her classic New York Times bestseller All About Love, bell hooks reminds us of the good and bad moments we spend i...
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The Secret Token
Andrew LawlerNational Bestseller A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truthsabout race, gender, and immigrationexpo...
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Imogen
Jilly Cooper OBEFall in love with Jilly Cooper, one of Britain's most popular authors, in this delightfully lighthearted pageturner of a romcom. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton an...
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The Day of Small Things
Vicki LaneA night of reckoning . . . A dawn of danger . . . In the misty folds of Appalachia, the girl they call Least grows up cursed by her mother’s cruelty and blessed by her neglec...
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Elizabeth Taylor
Kate Andersen BrowerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabet...
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Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England
Terry DearyThe reign of Elizabeth I a Golden Age? Try asking her subjects...Elizabethans did all they could to survive in an age of sin and bling, of beddings and beheadings, galleons and gu...
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The Climate Book
Greta ThunbergA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWe still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.You might think it's an i...
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The Art of Mending
Elizabeth BergNATIONAL BESTSELLER Revelations about a seemingly ordinary mother force her adult children to reexamine their lives in this “absorbing novel about family secrets” (The Dallas...
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Daily Guideposts 2020
GuidepostsDaily Guideposts, America's bestselling annual devotional, is a 365day devotional from the Editors of Guideposts that will help readers grow in their faith every day of the year.Da...
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Winston Churchill
John PerryIn this Christian Encounter Series biography, author John Perry explores the life of Sir. Winston Churchill, the man who changed World War II.Winston Churchill captivated the...
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The Missing Sister
Dinah JefferiesA STOLEN SISTER. A DAUGHTER DETERMINED TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH.'I was gripped, moved and utterly in thrall to this deeply emotional and compelling tale' Kate Furnivall'A moving and co...
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The New Rector
Rebecca ShawThe first Turnham Malpas novel from bestselling author Rebecca Shaw.When Peter Harris arrives in Turnham Malpas as the new rector, he finds the village people welcoming but set in ...
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The Whispering House
Elizabeth Brooks"Eerie and addictive. . . . Like Wuthering Heights, The Whispering House is a melancholy novel, its characters filled with dark longings." The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the a...
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Brothers and Wives
Christopher AndersenFeaturing unreported details and stunning revelations, the longawaited followup to the “fabulous, addictive” (Chicago SunTimes) New York Times bestseller Diana’s Boys explores the ...
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Daily Guideposts 2019
GuidepostsDaily Guideposts, America’s bestselling annual devotional, is a 365day devotional from the Editors of Guideposts that will help readers grow in their faith every day of the year.Da...
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The Stash Plan
Laura Prepon & Elizabeth TroyFrom Laura Prepon, star of Orange Is the New Black, and integrative nutritionist Elizabeth Troy comes an exciting 21day plan combining the latest in food science with ancient dieta...
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Elizabeth BergNATIONAL BESTSELLERNow with an additional story.Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman kicks up her heels and commits a small act of liberation. What w...
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The Choice
Edith Eva EgerA New York Times Bestseller“I’ll be forever changed by Dr. Eger’s story…The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and that we all have the ability t...
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The Other Side of the Coin
Angela KellyTHE OFFICIAL BOOK, FULLY ENDORSED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH IIFrom Her Majesty’s trusted confidant and Dresser Angela Kelly LVO comes a lavishly designed book of neverbeforeseen photos of...
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Excess Baggage
Judy AstleyLet bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful, uplifting and hilarious novel where a family holiday turns into more of a torment than a treat... Perfect fo...
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Together
Julie CohenRICHARD AND JUDY SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK 2018'This big, clever, tender and twisty love story reminded me of One Day & The Time Traveler's Wife' Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She...
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The Last White Rose
Alison WeirNew York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the turbulent life of Henry VIII’s mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this “superbly readable a...