Elizabeth Day is the author of five novels and Sunday Times bestselling memoir, How to Fail. Her acclaimed debut Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award and Home Fires was an Observer book of the year. Her third, Paradise City, was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Evening Standard, and The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick. Her latest novel, Magpie, became an instant Sunday Times bestseller and was described as 'the most gripping psychological thriller of the year'.

She is currently developing her first screenplay - a fictionalised adaptation of How To Fail. Two of her novels have also been optioned for screen. Alongside her writing, Elizabeth is one of the two main presenters for the Sky Arts Book Club Live, and has presented shows on BBC Radio 4 and Classic FM.

Failosophy for Teens is Elizabeth's debut book for children.