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Sophie Mackintosh

Sophie Mackintosh is an award-winning short story writer and the author of three novels: The Water Cure, longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, the acclaimed Blue Ticket and, most recently, Cursed Bread, longlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize. Her short fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in Granta, the White ReviewThe New York Times and the Stinging Fly. She was picked as one of the 2023 Granta Best Of Young British Novelists. Her fourth novel, Permanence, is forthcoming in April 2026.