Author
Hannah Persaud
Hannah is a fiction writer represented by Laura Macdougall of United Agents. Her debut novel “The Codes of Love” is being published in print and digital edition by Muswell Press and in audio by Bolinda in March 2020. Hannah is currently working on her second novel.
Hannah was born in Yorkshire and spent her childhood in Devon before her family moved to South East Asia, where she lived in Kathmandu, Nepal, and later India. She now lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, with her husband, children and two boisterous cocker spaniels. Reading and writing have always been her greatest passions.
Hannah won the InkTears Short Story Contest with her story “Cyfannedd Fach”. and her debut novel “The Codes of Love” is based on the winning story. She has also twice shortlisted for The Cambridge Short Story Prize. She has long listed for the V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize and the Royal Academy & Pin Drop Short Story Award. Publications are numerous and include Magic Oxygen, The Brighton Prize and The Fresher Writing Prize, whose short story competition she won in 2016.