Stevens, Nell
Nell Stevens is the author of four books: the novels The Original and Briefly, a Delicious Life, and the memoirs Bleaker House and Mrs Gaskell & Me. Her work has been awarded the Somerset Maugham Award, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and longlisted for the […]
Harrison, Melissa
Melissa Harrison is a novelist, nature writer and children’s author. Her third novel, All Among the Barley, was the UK winner of the EU Prize for Literature, while At Hawthorn Time was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year award and longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her three non-fiction books about […]
Arnott, Jake
Jake Arnott’s bestselling debut novel The Long Firm was adapted as a BAFTA award-winning BBC TV drama series. His second, He Kills Coppers was made into a critically acclaimed ITV1 series, and along with his third book, truecrime, formed a trilogy that was awarded the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library. Subsequent works include […]
Gardner, Sally
Sally Gardner is a writer who is also severely dyslexic. She started her career in theatre as a set and costume designer. She is known for her imaginative plots and her love of history. Her notable works include the award-winning titles “I, Coriander” and “Maggot Moon,” which have earned her critical acclaim and various awards, […]
Sansom, Ian
Ian Sansom is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is the author of more than 20 books.
McNish, Hollie
Hollie McNish is a bestselling poet and author based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic memoir – Nobody Told Me. She has published four further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum and Virgin, as well as her Sunday Times bestselling hybrid […]
Farr, David
David Farr is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He was previously Artistic Director of London’s Gate Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and The Lyric Hammersmith. He has written six original plays, published by Faber and Faber. His adaptations for stage include Kafka’s Metamorphosis and Homer’s The Odyssey. His first film The Ones Below premiered in 2015 […]
Harrison, M. John
M. John Harrison has been writing fiction since 1966. He has also written about fiction–in the TLS, Guardian, Telegraph, NYT & elsewhere–since 1989; and was a judge for the 2022 Booker Prize. His previous books include Climbers, which won the 1989 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Writing; an “anti-memoir”, Wish I Was Here, 2023; and […]
Ellmann, Lucy
Lucy Ellmann is a novelist. Her first novel, Sweet Desserts, won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1988. Her most recent, Ducks, Newburyport, was shortlisted for the Booker, won the Goldsmiths Prize and the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, and shared Sweden’s Kulturhuset Stadsteatern’s 2023 International Book of the Year award with its translator. Born […]
Eshun, Ekow
Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator and broadcaster. He is the author of books including The Strangers, longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Jhalak Prize, and the memoir Black Gold of the Sun, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. Hailed by the Guardian as ‘a cultural polymath’, he was the first Black editor of […]
Kennedy, Louise
Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. She was educated at University College Dublin and Queens University Belfast. She is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection; The End of the World is a Cul de Sac (2021). Trespasses (2022), her debut novel, won several awards and was shortlisted for others, including the Women’s […]
Harvey, Samantha
Samantha Harvey is the author of five novels, The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief, The Western Wind and Orbital. She is also the author of a memoir, The Shapeless Unease. Her latest novel, Orbital, takes place on a space station and is an account of a single 24-hour day in low earth orbit. Orbital […]