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 30 Under 30 Europe class of 2025 and a Books Are My Bag Fiction Award Shortlistee.

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.

Photo by Ellen Dixon Photography for issue 4 of Phantasmag