Melanie Finn

"Kate is my wisest reader, my staunchest ally."

Melanie Finn’s novels have been published to great critical acclaim in the UK, USA and France, long listed for the Orange and IMPAC Prizes, and been finalists for the Vermont Book Awards and The Guardian’s ‘Not the Booker’ Prize. The Hare won The Vermont Book Award for Best Fiction in 2022.

She is the writer and producer of the DisneyNature wildlife epic The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos and also co-founder and director of a small health project in a remote Masai community of Northern Tanzania. Born and raised in Kenya, Melanie now lives with her husband and twin daughters on a remote hill in the North East Kingdom of Vermont.

MELANIE’S BOOKS

The Hare, Two Dollar Radio (USA), 2021; The Underneath, Two Dollar Radio (USA), Head of Zeus (UK), 2018; Shame, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2015 (published by Two Dollar Radio in USA under the title The Gloaming); Away From You, Penguin (UK) , St Martin’s Griffin (USA) 2004.

REVIEWERS

“This brooding feminist thriller.”

New York Times

“Shimmers with stark loveliness.”

Washington Post

“Daring and unputdownable.”

Marie Claire

Latest Book

THE WRITER WHO MOST INSPIRED MELANIE

There are two: Bruce Chatwin for his relentless curiosity, his stunning, stark and simple prose; and Nadine Gordimer, who showed me the way as a writer and a white woman in Africa.

HOW MELANIE BECAME KATE’S CLIENT

Kate read the manuscript of my first novel when she was just starting out as an agent and offered me representation. I was one of her first clients. Kate was so insightful with her comments and edits and sold a revised version to Penguin.

MELANIE ABOUT KATE

She remains my wisest reader, my staunchest ally.

KATE ABOUT MELANIE

I’ve proudly and passionately represented this extraordinary woman since 2002 and she never ceases to astonish me. Mel’s singular imagination and world view; her intense, impressive prose; her fierce honesty and her deep connection to the natural world, make her a unique voice in fiction.