Tatum Anderson

I am a writer and have been for over 25 years. As a global health journalist, I have written for publications including WHO Bulletin, the Lancet, the Guardian, BMJ, BBC News and Nature. I write about the international side to healthcare from maternal mortality to affordable insulin, TB vaccine R&D to US HMOs.

My first novel, Bad Material, was a finalist in the Mslexia Novel Competition 2021, judged by Hilary Mantel, Marianne Tatepo and Jo Unwin. I also won a place on the Hachette Grow Your Story 2022 for my novel Mengo Baby. I have been highly commended for two novels in the BPA First Novel Award 2020 and Peggy Chapman First Novel Award -Bridport Prize 2020.

I am completing a PhD in creative writing, focusing on the role of fiction in post-truth worlds. I teach creative writing and hold a distinction in an MA Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London.

You can reach me at tatumnanderson at gmail.com. I am represented by Catherine Cho, @Catkcho of Paper Literary.