Josh Silver (author)

Josh Silver (born 15 September 1989) is a British author. He is a former actor and mental health nurse. His debut novel, HappyHead, the first in a dystopian duology of young adult fiction books (published by Oneworld Publications in the UK), was shortlisted for the 2024 YA Book Prize, nominated for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for writing and named an Amazon Best YA book of 2023. The sequel, Dead Happy, was published in the UK on 2 May 2024. The series published by Delacorte at Penguin Random House in the USA in autumn 2024. The screen rights were acquired by actor Taron Egerton and Range Media Partners in a highly competitive auction pre-publication. Silver's third YA book, TraumaLand, a standalone psychological thriller, was published on 8 May 2025 in the UK. The same book is scheduled for publication in the United States and Canada by Penguin Random House under the title Erase Me.

Silver's debut adult novel, Fruit Fly, in which a wealthy author consumed by writer's block stalks a young gay addict and sex worker in pursuit of a book deal, will publish April 23 2026. It was named as one of the BBC's 12 must-reads for 2026.