Mary Loudon
The author of five books of non-fiction & fiction, published in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Portugal & Norway, Mary has contributed essays & poetry to six anthologies, chaired many public discussions & made over 200 radio & TV appearances. A former judge for the Whitbread Prize & Costa Book Awards, she has won four writer’s prizes, been short-listed for MIND Book of the Year & long-listed for Richard & Judy Book of The Year. Her novel, My House Is Falling Down, is being adapted for the stage. She is closely associated with the Hay Festival, where she is a regular contributor.
In 2021, with director Nicola Moran, Mary produced & staged the international bestseller In The Sea There Are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda - the true story of a refugee child’s gruelling 5-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy - raising many thousands of pounds for the refugee charity Young Roots, in a sell-out UK tour.
Mary is a Fellow of the British American Project.
“She writes like the late, great Raymond Carver.”
— Fergal Keane
“People as empathic as Mary Loudon are rare. Writers as incisive and clean are even rarer.”
— Norah Vincent