Emily Haworth-Booth

Biography

Emily Haworth-Booth is an author and illustrator. Her debut novel MARE (Granta, 2026) won the Mslexia First Novel Prize in 2024. Emily's illustrated books for children include 'The King Who Banned the Dark', 'The Last Tree', and 'PROTEST! How People Have Come Together to Change the World', co-authored with her sister Alice Haworth-Booth. Her picture books have been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration. Emily has an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Anglia Ruskin University and a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University. Her comics have been published in The Inking Woman'(Myriad, 2018), the Guardian, the Observer and Vogue. For her graphic novel work, Emily has received funding from Arts Council England, alongside a Hawthornden Fellowship. She is a previous Foyle Young Poet and winner of the Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story Prize. She lives in Devon with her husband, dog, and several horses.