Elissa Soave

Elissa Soave is a Scottish writer of poetry and short stories who lives in South Lanarkshire. Her short fiction has appeared in New Writing Scotland (volume 8), Gutter, and the Glasgow Review of Books, among other places. She won the inaugural Primadonna Prize in 2019. Her debut novel, Ginger and Me, was published by HQ (HarperCollins) in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award 2023. She followed it with Graffiti Girls (HQ, 2025), with a third novel, Common Ground, announced for 2026.