Camilla Balshaw writes fiction and non-fiction. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian, Observer and Gal-dem. In 2020 Camilla’s memoir in progress was shortlisted for Penguin Random House’s WriteNow programme, which aims to discover and nurture new writers from under-represented communities. Her debut work NAMED: A STORY OF NAMES AND RECLAIMING WHO WE ARE, an exploration of names, global naming conventions and identity politics woven into a moving, personal narrative about the finding of family and self was published by Bedford Square Publishers in June 2025.

Born and raised in Luton, Camilla has lived in Tokyo, London and Cambridge. Camilla studied Drama and History at university, has a PGCE from the Institute of Education and for a number of years taught drama and theatre studies in schools and colleges around the UK. She has an MA (Distinction) in Creative & Life Writing from Goldsmiths. When she is not reading or writing, Camilla practises and teaches Iyengar Yoga.

She lives in rural Norfolk.