Nick Laird was born in Northern Ireland in 1975 and was educated at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University. He has published two novels, Utterly Monkey and Glover's Mistake, and three collections of poetry, To a Fault, On Purpose and Go Giants. He has also edited Zoo of the New: Poems to read Now, an anthology of poetry, new and old, alongside Don Paterson.
Laird is the recipient of many awards for his fiction and poetry, including the Betty Trask Prize, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, he teaches Creative Writing at Columbia University in New York.
Twitter: @NickLaird
Website: nicklaird.com

Jun 10, 2025
Cover of In the Wild

In the Wild

Sep 5, 2024
Cover of Weirdo Goes Wild

Weirdo Goes Wild

May 30, 2023
Cover of Up Late

Up Late

Jun 28, 2022
Cover of The Surprise

The Surprise

Apr 15, 2021
Cover of Weirdo

Weirdo

Jul 31, 2018
Cover of Feel Free

Feel Free

Jun 27, 2017
Cover of Modern Gods

Modern Gods

Jan 17, 2013
Cover of Go Giants

Go Giants

Apr 2, 2009
Cover of Glover's Mistake

Glover's Mistake

Aug 16, 2007
Cover of On Purpose

On Purpose

May 3, 2005
Cover of Utterly Monkey

Utterly Monkey

Jan 20, 2005
Cover of To a Fault

To a Fault