Francesca Haig
Francesca Haig is represented by Juliet Mushens
Francesca Haig is a novelist, poet, and academic. Her most recent novel, Salt Blood, about the life of the pirate Mary Read, was published by Bloomsbury in April 2024.
She is the author of The Fire Sermon (2015), The Map of Bones (2016), and The Forever Ship (2017) - a post-apocalyptic trilogy published in more than 20 languages, with film rights pre-empted by DreamWorks.
Her novel, The Cookbook of Common Prayer, was published by Allen & Unwin (UK and Australia) in June 2021.
Francesca grew up in Tasmania, and gained her PhD at the University of Melbourne. Her first collection of poetry was Bodies of Water (2006), and her poetry and prose have been published in many literary journals and anthologies in both Australia and England.
In 2010 Francesca was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship. The Fire Sermon was shortlisted for the Morningstar Award (best debut novel) in the David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy; the R.T. Book Reviews award (best science fiction novel); the 2016 Norma K Hemming Award; and the Aurealis Award (best young adult novel). The trilogy was also shortlisted for the Sara Douglass Book Series Award for best SFF book series.
Praise for The Fire Sermon:
‘Words like ‘masterpiece’ and ‘instant classic’ are cliché, but in the case of Francesca Haig’s astounding The Fire Sermon, they’re the only words to use’ — Starburst Magazine
‘This terrific set-up spools out into a high tension tale of mistrust and dependency, injustice and optimism, told with poetic intensity’ — Daily Mail
‘This book is a thought-provoking whirlwind of a story, with a fab lead character, grisly politics and brave adventure. I loved it!’ — Jessie Burton
‘A hell of a ride. I would recommend it to anyone I can, regardless of age’ — James Oswald
‘Haig’s post-apocalyptic world is colorfully fleshed out, and the conclusion ask us to consider who, really, is the Other’ — Washington Post
‘With its well-built world, vivid characters and suspenseful plot, this book… is poised to become the next must-read hit.’ — Kirkus
Rights sold:
The Fire Sermon Trilogy: HarperCollins (UK), Simon & Schuster (US), Intrinseca (Brazil), Art Line (Bulgaria), Guangxi (China), Euromedia (Czech), Rosinante (Denmark), Hachette (France), Random House (Germany), Metaixmio (Greece), Libri (Hungary), Noura Books (Indonesia), Kinneret (Israel), RCS (Italy), Hayakawa (Japan), Bruna (Netherlands), Foksal (Poland), Presenca (Portugal), AST (Russia), Ikar (Slovak), Planeta (Spain), Solo (Taiwan), Legend Books (Thailand), Yapi Kredi (Turkey), Dreamworks (Film).
The Cookbook of Common Prayer: Allen & Unwin (UK).
Saltblood: Bloomsbury (UK), EO (Italy), Almayer (Spain), and Zhorzh (Ukraine).