Background
She was born in London in 1990, and started writing for publication in 2009.
She was born in London in 1990, and started writing for publication in 2009.
University of Cambridge.
In 2014, her debut novel The Cartographer"s Daughter was bought as part of a six-figure, two-book deal by Knopf Random House (United States), and Chicken House Scholastic (rest-of-world). lieutenant will be published in both territories in 2016. Hargrave"s poetry has appeared internationally in journals such as Magma, Room, Agenda, Shearsman, The Irish Literary Review and Orbis.
This poem appears in her third collection, Splitfish (Gatehouse Press, 2013).
Her first piece as a playwright, about a fourteen-year old being trafficked for sex, was entitled "BOAT", and first dramatized in October 2015 by PIGDOG theatre company at Theatre N16 in Balham.