Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes is a British author, classicist, and comedian born in Birmingham in 1974. She studied classics at Cambridge University. Known primarily for her retellings of Greek mythology from women's perspectives, her novels include The Children of Jocasta (2017), A Thousand Ships (2019), The Stone Women (2021) (published as Stone Blind in the UK), and Pallas (2024). A Thousand Ships was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. She also presents Radio 4's Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics.