Sara Baume

Sara Baume is the author of three novels, the most recent of which, Seven Steeples, was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and one book of narrative non-fiction, Handiwork, which was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. She has received the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, the E. M Forster Award and in 2023 she was named one of Granta magazine’s ‘Best Young British Novelists.’ Her fifth book, Opening Night, is due to be published in summer 2026. She is based in West Cork where she works also as a visual artist.