Abigail Tarttelin

Abigail is an award-winning queer Br-Irish novelist, podcaster, political commentator, presenter, and storyteller on page and screen; lauded as a  ‘fearless writer’ (Emily St John Mandel) and ‘natural storyteller’ (Matt Haig). Her novels include Golden Boy, developed by BBC Films, published in nine languages, and beloved by readers. 

Her early works, a triptych of novels exploring gender, sought progress, intersectionality, and non-binary representation. Alongside works of other esteemed writers and artists, they contributed to a cultural conversation in the 2010s which inspired profound societal change.

Golden Boy was an American Library Association Alex Award winner, shortlisted for a Best LGBT Debut LAMBDA Literary Award, a Booklist Top Ten First Novel, and School Library Journal Top Ten Best Book of the year. 

Abigail continues to write about inequalities, including violence against girls and women, wealth taxation, journalistic freedom, and work and voting rights. She’s written for Ache Magazine, Glamour, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, Oh Comely, Art & Type, and was a columnist at Huffpost, section editor at Phoenix, and EIC of I Hope You Like Feminist Rants.

In sound and screen, Abby collaborated with Clear Lines Festival to produce Arts Council x National Lottery funded podcast, Writing Coercive Control, exploring control in domestic, workplace, national, and trans-cultural spheres, with today’s leading authors. Now, on politics podcast From Below The Balcony, she interviews Senators, MPs, and journalists, alongside campaigner and author Graham Smith, garnering 1 million views across platforms in just 10 episodes. In the past, she has written scripts for BBC Films and sat on the jury of the British Independent Film Awards.

Online since 2007, friends and followers from tumblr, youtube, wordpress, and Instagram now catch up with Abby on Substack, where she posts new and archival fiction, reading recommendations, and news.