Josh Silver (author)
British author (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josh Silver (born 15 September 1989) is a British author.[1] He is a former actor and mental health nurse.[2] His debut novel, HappyHead, the first in a dystopian[3] duology of young adult fiction books (published by Oneworld Publications in the UK),[4] was shortlisted for the 2024 YA Book Prize,[5] nominated for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for writing[6] and named an Amazon Best YA book of 2023.[7] The sequel, Dead Happy, was published in the UK on 2 May 2024.[8][9] The series will be published by Delacorte at Penguin Random House in the USA in autumn 2024.[10] The screen rights were acquired by actor Taron Egerton and Range Media Partners in a highly competitive auction[11][12] pre-publication. Silver's third YA book, TraumaLand, a standalone psychological thriller, will be published in May 2025. [13]
Josh Silver | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1989 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | RADA |
| Genre | YA Fiction |
| Subjects | Mental health, LGBTQI+ youth, dystopia |
Biography
Silver grew up on a farm in the Lake District and moved to Manchester when he was a teenager.[14] He attended RADA at the age of 18. After appearing on Broadway (the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the Hilary Mantel books[15] Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies), and in the West End (notably alongside Nicole Kidman in Photograph 51),[16] he later retrained as a mental health nurse and began writing at the same time.
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