EDWARD HOGAN was born in Derby in 1980 and now lives in Brighton. He is a graduate of the MA creative writing course at UEA and a recipient of the David Higham Award. His first novel, Blackmoor, was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize and won the Desmond Elliot Prize. His second novel, The Hunger Trace, was also published by Simon & Schuster. He is also the author of two novels for young adults, Daylight Saving and The Messengers both published by Walker Books. His latest novel, The Electric, was published by John Murray in 2020.

In 2021, Ed won the  2020/21 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize for his submission ‘Single Sit’.