Matt Haig

Matt Haig is a bestselling British novelist and mental health advocate whose fiction and non-fiction have reached millions of readers worldwide. Born in Sheffield in 1975, he has written novels for adults and children, as well as memoir and non-fiction about mental health. A Boy Called Christmas is a magical children's novel reimagining the origin story of Father Christmas — following a boy named Nikolas who travels to the frozen north in search of his father and discovers a village of elves. The book was adapted into a film. Haig's other works include Reasons to Stay Alive, The Midnight Library, and The Comfort Book. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers warm, life-affirming fiction and non-fiction from a writer who uses storytelling to illuminate the human experience — books that remind people they are not alone.