Elizabeth Day is a highly acclaimed author, journalist, and broadcaster from the United Kingdom. She was born in Northern Ireland and began her career as a journalist for The Derry Journal. Day's writing career has since taken her to various prestigious publications, including The Observer, The Telegraph, The Times, the Guardian, New York Magazine, the Observer, Vogue, Grazia, and Elle. She is currently a columnist for You magazine on the Mail on Sunday and a contributing editor for Harper's Bazaar.
In addition to her work as a journalist, Day is an accomplished author with four novels to her name. Her debut novel, Scissors, Paper, Stone, won a Betty Trask Award in 2004. Her follow-up novel, Home Fires, was an Observer Book of the Year. Paradise City, her third novel, was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Observer and the Evening Standard and was People magazine's Book of the Week. The Party, her fourth novel, was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard and Judy Summer Book Club pick. It has also been optioned for television.
Day's writing has earned her numerous accolades, including the British Press Award for Young Journalist of the Year in 2004 and a Highly Commended recognition for Feature Writer of the Year in 2013. In addition to her work as a novelist and journalist, Day is also a broadcaster and podcaster. Her podcast, "How To Fail With Elizabeth Day," is a celebration of the things that haven't gone right and has been a massive success, earning her the Rising Star Award at the 2019 British Podcast Awards.