Rebecca Perry is an English poet and novelist born in 1986 in the London Borough of Croydon. She began her career as a poet before transitioning to novel writing. Her debut novel, May We Feed the King, was published in 2026 and received significant recognition in the literary world. The novel won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize, establishing Perry as a notable voice in contemporary fiction.