The Writer’s Voice

Tessa Hadley Reads “The Quiet House”

The author reads her story from the February 2, 2026, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Tessa Hadley in blackandwhite next to a redandpink background with cursive writing on it.
Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Sophie Davidson

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Tessa Hadley reads her story “The Quiet House,” from the February 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, including the story collections “Bad Dreams” and “After the Funeral,” and the novella “The Party.” She won a Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction in 2016.