Sophie Mackintosh is a novelist and short story writer. Her fiction, essays and poetry have been published by Granta, The White Review, The New York Times and The Stinging Fly, among others. Her debut novel, The Water Cure was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Her second novel is Blue Ticket, and her third novel Cursed Bread was longlisted for the Women’s Prize. She was included on the 2023 Granta Best Of Young British Novelists list.