Alice Hattrick

Alice Hattrick is a British writer, video producer and an associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and lives with ME/CFS.

Early life
Alice Hattrick's mother collapsed with pneumonia which led to her developing ME/CFS when Alice was eight. Alice also became ill as a child, and was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. She studied the History of Art and worked in the film industry, before studying at the Critical Writing In Art & Design at the UK's Royal College of Art.

In 2021, Hattrick published their first book, Ill Feelings, part memoir on ME/CFS, chronic illness, and attitudes towards women with disabilities, and part literary criticism.

ME/CFS
Alice Hattrick was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome as a child, their ― Alice Hattrick uses their/she pronouns ― symptoms as a child included common childhood ME symptoms: Despite being diagnosed at a children's hospital, and growing up with a mother disabled by ME/CFS, Hattrick was not "fully convinced" of their diagnosis as a child.
 * stomach aches
 * headaches that lasted all day
 * sleepiness during school break times
 * pain in their arms and legs after Physical Education (P.E.) classes.

"It's still an impossible diagnosis—too serious to be fake, too subjective to be real"

- —Alice Hattrick on ME/CFS

Talks and interviews

 * Oct 7, 2021, "Society is ableist": Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid - New Stateman: The Culture Interview
 * Sept 30, 2021, Ill Feelings: Stories of Unexplained Illness, with Alice Hattrick in conversation with Abi Palmer - YouTube

Articles

 * Feb 2017, Ill Feelings - The White Review

Books

 * 2021, Ill Feelings: stories of unexplained illness
 * alternative title: Ill Feelings

Online presence

 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * Instagram
 * LinkedIn
 * Website/Blog (inactive, Apr 2022)
 * YouTube

Learn more

 * Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick - The Crack magazine
 * Alice Hattrick - David Higham Associates
 * Excerpt from Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick - GRANTA