ALL ABOUT EVE

Author Eve Smith with her faithful writing companion, Lola

I write speculative fiction, which basically means ‘what if …?’ stories: curious slants on the familiar, mainly about the things that scare me. I attribute this love of all things dark and dystopian to a childhood watching Tales of the Unexpected and black-and-white Edgar Allen Poe double bills.

In this world of questionable facts, stats and news, I believe storytelling is more important than ever to engage people in real life issues, in meaningful ways. 

Set twenty years after an antibiotic crisis, my debut novel The Waiting Rooms was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize First Novel Award. My flash fiction has been shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award and highly commended for The Brighton Prize. 

My previous job as COO of an environmental charity took me to research projects across Asia, Africa and the Americas, and I have an ongoing passion for wild creatures, wild science and far-flung places. A Modern Languages graduate from Oxford, I returned to Oxfordshire fifteen years ago to set up home with my husband. 

When I’m not writing I’m chasing across fields after my dog, attempting to organise myself and my family or off exploring somewhere new.