Melissa Harrison (born 1975) is an English novelist, short story and nature writer.
[2] She attended a comprehensive school before studying English Literature at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1996.
[8] Her short story "The Black Dog" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017[9] and she has contributed episodes to the channel's Tweet of the Day programme.
[11] During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, she began a nature diary podcast called The Stubborn Light of Things which formed the basis of a new memoir published in November 2020 that outlined her move from urban London to rural Suffolk.
[12] Her first children's novel, By Ash, Oak and Thorn was published by Chicken House Books in May 2021.