Amelia Tait is a British journalist and author whose work has made her one of the sharpest observers of modern life online and off. As a freelance writer, she has built a reputation for following the strange, revealing currents of contemporary culture — writing about the internet, and remarkable people for publications including The New Yorker, The Guardian, Wired, and the New York Times.
Her reporting is often drawn to the places where technology and absurdity collide, finding the human story inside subjects other people might dismiss as niche or ephemeral. Now she has turned that same wit and curiosity to fiction with her debut children’s book, Lily Tripp: Diary of an Accidental Time Traveller, a funny, fast-moving adventure about a girl bouncing through history while trying to survive friendship drama and the general embarrassment of being thirteen.
LINKS
Amelia Tait – website & writing
Amelia Tait – official website
The Waiting Room – Amelia's Substack newsletter
Lily Tripp: Diary of an Accidental Time Traveller
Lily Tripp – Waterstones (Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, June 2026)
Amelia's Perfect Console
Theme Hospital (1997) – Wikipedia
The Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) – Wikipedia
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Wikipedia
The Sims Bustin' Out (Game Boy Advance, 2003) – Wikipedia
Stardew Valley – official site
Other games mentioned
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo
The Simpsons: Hit & Run – Wikipedia
Amelia's journalism – selected pieces
Are Disney Adults the Happiest Debtors on Earth? – The New Yorker
Amelia Tait – articles on The Guardian
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