Melissa Harrison (born 1975, Surrey) is an English novelist, short story and nature writer. Harrison studied English Literature at Oxford University, graduating in 1996. after which she worked as a freelance magazine subeditor, while contributing a regular "Nature Notes" column in The Times, columns for The Guardian and contributions to radio and television.Her first novel, Clay, was published by Bloomsbury in January 2013, followed by At Hawthorn Time in 2015. Her non-fiction books include Rain: Four Walks in English Weather (2016). A third novel All Among The Barley was published in August 2018. Her short story The Black Dog was broadcast on Radio 4 in March 2017. She has contributed episodes to the Tweet of the Day strand.