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British author (born 1989)
Josh Silver
Born (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 35)
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Alma materRADA
GenreYoung adult fiction
Subjectsmental health, LGBTQI+ youth

Josh Silver (born 15 September 1989) is a British author. He is a former actor and mental health nurse. His debut novel, HappyHead, the first in a dystopian duology of young adult fiction books (published by Oneworld Publications in the UK), was shortlisted for the 2024 YA Book Prize, nominated for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for writing and named an Amazon Best YA book of 2023. The sequel, Dead Happy, was published in the UK on 2 May 2024. The series will be published by Delacorte at Penguin Random House in the USA in autumn 2024. The screen rights were acquired by actor Taron Egerton and Range Media Partners in a highly competitive auction pre-publication. Silver's third YA book, TraumaLand, a standalone psychological thriller, will be published in May 2025.

Biography

Silver grew up on a farm in the Lake District and moved to Manchester when he was a teenager. He attended RADA at the age of 17. After appearing on Broadway (the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the Hilary Mantel books Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies), and in the West End (notably alongside Nicole Kidman in Photograph 51), he later retrained as a mental health nurse and began writing at the same time.

References

  1. HappyHead: The Most Anticipated YA Debut of 2023: Book 1 of 2. Simon and Schuster. 16 March 2023. ISBN 9780861545544. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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  3. Silver, Josh (2023). HappyHead. Rock the Boat. ISBN 978-0-86154-553-7. Archived from the original on 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
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  8. Silver, Josh (2024-05-02). Dead Happy. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-86154-783-8. Archived from the original on 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  9. Silver, Josh. Dead Happy. Rock the Boat. ASIN 0861547829.
  10. "Rights Report: Week of October 30, 2023". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  11. Kroll, Justin (2023-03-07). "Taron Egerton And Range Media Partners Team On Feature Adaptation Of Josh Silver's Debut Novel 'HappyHead'". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2023-12-25. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  12. "Egerton snaps up film rights to Silver's debut YA thriller". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2023-12-25. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  13. https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/rock-the-boat-snaps-up-mindblowing-ya-thriller-in-two-book-deal-with-josh-silver
  14. HappyHead: The Most Anticipated YA Debut of... by Silver, Josh. ASIN 0861545532.
  15. Collins, Stephen (July 31, 2014). "REVIEW: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies, Aldwych Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭". Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  16. "Silver completes Nicole Kidman cast". Official London Theatre. Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
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