Tessa Hadley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tessa Hadley

British author of novels, short stories and non-fiction

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1956

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Profession: novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Tessa Jane Hadley (born 28 February 1956; née Nichols) is a British author of novels, short stories and non-fiction.
Her writing is realistic and often focuses on family relationships.
Her novels have twice reached the longlists of the Orange Prize and the Wales Book of the Year, and in 2016, she won one of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prizes for fiction.
The Windham-Campbell judges describe her as "one of English's finest contemporary writers" and state that her writing "brilliantly illuminates ordinary lives with extraordinary prose that is superbly controlled, psychologically acute, and subtly powerful." As of 2016, she is professor of creative writing at Bath Spa University.