Erica Wagner

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Erica Wagner an author and critic. For 17 years she was literary editor of The Times and is the author of seven books of fiction and non-fiction. She has twice been a judge of the Booker Prize and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. In 2025 she was awarded a Public Humanities Fellowship by the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Her new novel, Wash, was published by Salt in 2026. She is also the editor of First Light, a celebration of the life and work of inspirational author Alan Garner.