Lucy Rose

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

Lucy Rose’s fiction and non-fiction have been published by Dread Central, Mslexia, The Observer, The Nerd Daily and more, and her films have visited BAFTA- and Oscar-qualifying film festivals internationally. She is also a Forbes Under 30, a Books Are My Bag Fiction Award Shortlistee and a Nota Bene Award Finalist.

Lucy’s Sunday Times Bestselling debut novel, The Lamb, is published by W&N Books in the UK and Harper in the US. It was selected for Foyles Book of the Month, named best debut novel of 2025 by Cosmopolitan and Spotify, chosen for Dakota Johnson’s Tea Time Book Club, became a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist and Netgalley’s Literary Fiction Novel of the Year 2025.

Lucy lives on the north-east coast of England with her black cat, Figgy, and is currently working on her next story.

Upcoming Events

BLF 2026
Lucy Rose, Jessie Elland, Charlotte Paradise
The Gothic Body: Queerness, Disability, and Defiance
Saturday, 11 July 2026 | 17:30 – 18:45
Loading Bay, BD1 3QR
Society & Citizenship, Fiction, Feminism
Event Reference: 26SC1
BLF 2026
Lucy Rose, Kate Fox
Overlooked and Misunderstood: Neurodivergent Women
Sunday, 12 July 2026 | 12:30 – 13:30
The Chamber, City Hall, BD1 1HY
Neurodiversity, Health & Wellbeing
Event Reference: 26ND5