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My Take
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.
Overview
Matt Haig (born 3 July 1975) is an English author and journalist. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, often in the speculative fiction genre.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matt Haig
- Name (Japanese)
- マット・ヘイグ
- Reading
- まっと・へいぐ
- Born
- July 3, 1975 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / journalist / novelist / children's writer / science fiction writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Hull
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Nestlé Children's Book Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Midnight Library | — |
6. Links
Writer — see all → · Journalist — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.