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Elizabeth Day (nacida el 10 de noviembre de 1978) es una novelista, periodista y locutora inglesa. Fue redactora de artículos para The Observer de 2007 a 2016 y colaboró ​​con la revista You . Day ha escrito nueve libros y también presenta el podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day . Fue elegida miembro de la Royal Society of Literature en 2024. ^{[ 1 ]}

Day nació en Epsom , Surrey, Inglaterra, hija de Tom y Christine Day, pero se crio en Irlanda del Norte después de que su padre se convirtiera en cirujano general en el Hospital Altnagelvin de Derry . Day se interesó por la escritura a los siete años y se convirtió en columnista juvenil del Derry Journal a los doce. Asistió al Methodist College de Belfast y al Malvern St James en Worcestershire , antes de obtener una doble licenciatura con honores en Historia en el Queens' College de Cambridge . ^{[ 2 ]}

Tras graduarse, Day inicialmente tenía la intención de obtener una maestría en periodismo, pero en su lugar le ofrecieron un trabajo en el Evening Standard en la sección «El diario del londinense» de Max Hastings . ^{[ 3 ]} Day permaneció en el Standard durante un año antes de unirse a The Sunday Telegraph como reportera de noticias, inicialmente a prueba durante tres meses. Mientras trabajaba para el Telegraph , Day ganó el premio a la Joven Periodista del Año en los British Press Awards de 2004. ^{[ 4 ]} Después de dejar el Telegraph , Day escribió artículos para Elle y The Mail on Sunday . ^{[ 2 ]}

Desde 2007 hasta 2016, Day fue redactora de artículos de fondo para The Observer , obteniendo una mención honorífica en la categoría de "Redactora de artículos de fondo del año (periódico de gran formato)" en los Premios de Prensa de 2012. ^{[ 5 ]}

In 2018, Day began her own podcast series, How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, in which she interviews guests who discuss what their failures taught them. The first episode featured Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and subsequent interviewees have included Gloria Steinem, Kelly Holmes, Nadiya Hussain, Bernardine Evaristo and Adam Buxton.^[6] The podcast won the Rising Star Award at the 2019 British Podcast Awards.^[7]

Day's first novel, Scissors Paper Stone, was published in 2012 and won the Betty Trask Award for debut novels by writers under the age of 35.^[8] The book, recounting the impact of sexual abuse by a family patriarch, received mixed reviews, with Melissa Katsoulis of The Sunday Telegraph describing Day as "a thoughtful and conscientious new voice in fiction", while conversely Catherine Taylor of The Guardian stated Day's writing style "ultimately disengages the reader".^[9][10]

Day's second novel, Home Fires (2012), details two connected women responding to the aftermaths of the First World War and the conflict in South Sudan, respectively, as well as the impact of the ageing of loved ones. Viv Groskop in The Observer praised Day's writing and described the book as "a beautifully written novel whose quietly discomfiting tone stays with you for a long while afterwards".^[11]

Day's third novel, Paradise City (2015), received positive reviews internationally, including praise by Charles Shafaieh of The New York Times, who called the novel's depiction of life in contemporary London as a "testament" to Day's skills as a writer, in addition to a positive review by Amanda Craig in The Daily Telegraph.^[12][13]

Day's fourth novel, The Party (2017), was described as a "slow-burner of a literary thriller" and a "gripping page-turner" by Lucy Scholes of The Observer.^[14]

Day's fifth book and first work of non-fiction was How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned from Things Going Wrong, a tie-in with her podcast which was published in 2019 and received a positive review from The Sunday Times.^[15]

Day's sixth book was also a non-fiction tie-in with her podcast; Failosophy: A Handbook for When Things Go Wrong (2020), featuring lessons she had learned from her own life as well as those of her readers, listeners and podcast guests.^[16]

Day's seventh book, Magpie, which explores the issue of infertility, was released in September 2021. It was Day's fifth novel, her first work of fiction since the publication of The Party in 2017.^[17] Day explored the issue of motherhood not being possible by choice and society's perspective of failure with Dr Rangan Chatterjee on BBC Radio 2 show.^[18]

In 2020, Day was announced as the co-host of Sky Arts Book Club Live alongside Andi Oliver. The first series of six episodes aired that year.^[19]

In 2021, Day was announced as one of the new hosts of Open Book, Radio Four's book programme, alternating with Johny Pitts. Day hosted her first episode on 17 January.^[20]

Both her novel The Party and her memoir How to Fail are being made into TV shows, the former by World Productions and the latter by Sky.^[21]

Day is co-founder of the cultural organisation Pin Drop Studio, which holds regular literature salons in London and other major cities, as well as the annual Pin Drop Short Story Award in collaboration with arts institution the Royal Academy of Arts.^[22]

Day se casó con el periodista Kamal Ahmed , editor de negocios de BBC News , en diciembre de 2011. ^{[ 23 ] [ 24 ]} La pareja se separó en febrero de 2015 y ahora están divorciados. ^{[ 25 ] [ 26 ]} Salió con el presentador de televisión Rick Edwards cuando ambos estaban en la Universidad de Cambridge. ^{[ 27 ]} El segundo esposo de Day es Justin Basini (n. junio de 1974), director ejecutivo y cofundador de ClearScore . ^{[ 28 ]}

Ella ha hablado públicamente sobre su infertilidad y sobre haberse sometido a varias rondas de FIV con sus dos maridos ^{[ 29 ]} . Ahora es madrastra de los tres hijos de Basini ^{[ 30 ]} .

• Sitio web oficial de Elizabeth Day
• Página de Elizabeth Day como colaboradora en el sitio web de The Guardian/Observer.
• Entrevista a Elizabeth Day en la revista Storizen