Charlotte Runcie is a novelist and journalist, and a Publishers Weekly Writer to Watch for 2025.

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Across fiction, memoir and reportage, Charlotte’s writing unpicks the complexities of modern relationships and cultural myths.

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  • How does a critic write a novel about critics?

    Lit Hub

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  • Stuck in the Middle: on life in the sandwich generation

    Sunday Times STYLE

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  • Sirens, sex slaves and survivors: the enduring fascination of women and the sea

    The Telegraph

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KIND WORDS

  • “So good on nuance, on interrogating the good and bad of meticulously drawn characters we come to love even when we feel we shouldn't – all the while delving into questions of complicity, goodness, and how our own desires muddy the water”

    Sophie Mackintosh

  • “Sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute”

    Heidi Sopinka

  • “Charlotte Runcie combines her searing observation and immaculate pacing with infectious prose… compelling, comedic and seriously clever”

    Alice Vincent

  • “Runcie’s characters feel so real I wouldn’t be surprised to find myself next to them on the train”

    Rowan Hisayo Buchanan