Of English and Palestinian parentage, Mischa Hiller was born in Hull, England in 1962 and grew up in Durham, London, Beirut, and Dar El-Salaam. 

He was a semifinalist in the 2007 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and winner of the 2009 European Independent Film Festival script competition for his adaptation of Sabra Zoo. He is also a runner-up in the 2006 Bridport short story competition. 

Sabra Zoo is his first published novel. His second, Shake Off, will be published in February 2011.

He is represented by the David Grossman Literary Agency.