Matt Haig

Matt Haig is one of those rare writers who turns private struggle into something genuinely useful for readers. The Midnight Library took a familiar late-night thought, all the lives we didn't live, and gave it shape and comfort. What I admire is his range: children's fiction, speculative novels, and candid non-fiction about mental health, all handled without pretension. The 2007 Nestlé prize confirms he can write for kids too. To me he matters less as a literary stylist than as a steady, humane voice people actually reach for when they're hurting, and that practical kindness is harder to pull off than it looks.

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Name (English)

Matt Haig

Name (Japanese)

マット・ヘイグ

Reading

まっと・へいぐ

Born

July 3, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Occupation

writer / journalist / novelist / children's writer / science fiction writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

University

University of Hull

Awards & achievements

• 2007 Nestlé Children's Book Prize

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.matthaig.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mattzhaig/
• Xhttps://x.com/matthaig1
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Haig
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%20(%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q926682

Tags

• writer
• journalist
• novelist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.