Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is the author of Harmless Like You, Starling Days and The Sleep Watcher. She has won the Authors’ Club First Novel Award and a Betty Trask Award and been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. Her work has been a New York Times Editors’ Choice and an NPR Great Read. Rowan was the recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, Hedgebrook, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Gladstone’s Library and Kundiman. Her writing has appeared in Granta, The Paris Review and The Atlantic among other places.
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The Sleep Watcher
'Affecting . . . both tense and tender' Sophie Mackintosh, Observer 'Thoughtful . . . nuanced and powerful' Spectator One summer, sixteen-year-old Kit's life is…
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Starling Days
'A singular novel from the poetic and painterly mind of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan.' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'An exquisite rendering of love, sadness, and…
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Harmless Like You
WINNER OF THE 2017 AUTHORS' CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 'Announces a startling talent' Guardian 'This brilliant debut novel is…