Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet, and six highly acclaimed novels for adults, including How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. He has also written many books for children and has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal. He has sold more than a million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages. @matthaig1 | matthaig.com
Love this man's books -- JODI PICOULT A modern-day parable . . . [exploring] regret, pain and the richness of the ordinary things in life. It is a captivating story and an uplifting antidote to the cult of self-improvement: a manifesto for true self-acceptance * * i * * Just beautiful -- FEARNE COTTON Amazing and utterly beautiful, The Midnight Library is everything you'd expect from the genius storyteller who is Matt Haig -- JOANNA CANNON A wonderful story . . . Such a beautiful book to get lost in -- Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 A brilliant premise and great fun to have so many stories within one book * * Daily Mail * * A rare and welcome light of hope and wisdom in the darkness -- JOANNE HARRIS I can't describe how much his work means to me. So necessary . . . The king of empathy -- JAMEELA JAMIL An uplifting, poignant novel about regret, hope and second chances -- DAVID NICHOLLS A beguiling read, filled with warmth and humour, and a vibrant celebration of the power of books to change lives * * Sunday Times * *