Francesca Hornak is an author and journalist who has written for The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The FT, The Economist, Tatler and ELLE. Her weekly fictional column for The Sunday Times Style Magazine was published as the book, A History Of The World in 100 Modern Objects, in 2014, followed by the satirical parenting guide Worry With Mother.

Her debut novel, Seven Days Of Us, a Christmas family drama, was longlisted for the 2018 Desmond Elliott Prize, chosen as a Radio 2 book club pick and published in nineteen countries. It has recently been adapted for Swedish TV by Asp Varhos, for streaming in 2027.

Her second novel So Good To See You, about a group of ex-friends forced together at a lavish destination wedding, was published in the UK and the US in 2025. Francesca studied English Literature at Oxford, and lives in London with her husband and three children.

Substack: francescahornak.substack.com

‘Absolute pleasure.’ – Marian Keyes

‘Sharp, satisfying and tender.’ – Pandora Sykes

‘Completely engrossing - I read this in one sitting.’ – Rebecca Wait

‘Brilliantly funny, whip-smart, sharply observed, compulsively readable.’ – Lottie Moggach

‘Fabulously stylish and funny.’ – Daily Mail