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Cumbrian dwelling in the North East. Writer of folktales and fables.

Lucy Rose is a Sunday Times Bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker with an interest in gothic, girlhood, horror, and literary fiction. Her short fiction and nonfiction have been published in Dread Central, Mslexia, The Observer, The Nerd Daily and more. Lucy’s debut novel, THE LAMB is published by W&N Books (UK) and Harper (US). It was selected for Foyles Book of the Month, named best debut novel of 2025 by Cosmopolitan and Spotify, and was chosen for Dakota Johnson’s Tea Time Book Club. It was a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist and Netgalley’s Literary Fiction Novel of the Year 2025.

Her award-winning short film, SHE LIVES ALONE, attended BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals before being acquired by WatchALTER. Lucy’s latest short film, TASTE, is visiting festivals over 2023/24 and has attended BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying film festivals. She is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe class of 2025 and a Books Are My Bag Fiction Award Shortlistee.

Lucy lives on the North East coast with her beautiful black cat, Figgy.

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Cumbrian dwelling in the North East. Writer of folktales and fables.

Lucy Rose is a Sunday Times Bestselling author and award-winning writer/director/filmmaker with an interest in gothic, girlhood, horror, and literary fiction. Lucy’s debut novel, THE LAMB is published by W&N Books (UK) and Harper (US). It was selected for Foyles Book of the Month, named best debut novel of 2025 by Cosmopolitan and Spotify, and was chosen for Dakota Johnson’s Tea Time Book Club. It was a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist and Netgalley’s Literary Fiction Novel of the Year 2025.

Her short fiction and nonfiction have been published widely in print/online anthologies and literary journals (including Dread Central, Mslexia and MEAT). Alongside her short stories and personal essays, she also had a recurring column on screenwriting in Mslexia over the course of ’22 – ’23 magazine and was awarded Arts Council DYCP funding for literary development in early ’23. She has also written for The Observer and The Nerd Daily. Lucy is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe class of 2025 and a Books Are My Bag Fiction Award Shortlistee.

In film, Lucy’s short films have led to three regional Royal Television Society Awards (and other notable accolades). Her horror short, SHE LIVES ALONE, was financed by the BFI Network and later won the NE Royal Television Society for Best Drama Under £100K. The film visited BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals and was acquired by WatchALTER. Her previous short films have attended BAFTA-qualifying festivals – one receiving a nomination for the inaugural BFI Northern Filmmaker Award at Aesthetica Film Festival in 2018. Lucy was selected for the competitive EIFF Talent Lab Connects ‘21 and EIFF Talent Lab ‘22, where she developed her feature film project. In 2023, she was shortlisted for BAFTA Flare and in 2024, her feature film project was selected for U.K. Next Wave Genre Lab.

TASTE, Lucy’s latest short filmhas attended BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying film festivals. Alongside her short films, she continues to develop a slate of feature films and television projects in the horror space.

Lucy lives on the North East coast with her beautiful black cat, Figgy.