William Lewis took early retirement in 2011 after a wide-ranging career in further and adult education, and learned to fly a helicopter. He also joined a samba band and, in 2018, a writing group. Despite recent restrictions, he continues to enjoy the opportunities of life and the possibilities of cr
Read MoreWilliam Prendiville is the author of the Fairlight Moderns novella Atlantic Winds, published on 11 July 2019. Born in Ireland, William was raised in Canada, in Newfoundland and Ontario. He attended McGill University in Montreal, where he was awarded the Lionel Shapiro Award for Creative Writing.
Read MoreYisol Jo was born and raised in South Korea and the Philippines, and later lived and studied in New York City, where she received a graduate fellowship from the NYU Creative Writing Program. A recipient of a translation grant from the Daesan Foundation in South Korea, Yisol Jo continues to be fascin
Read MoreYoon Chung is an emerging writer based in South Korea. Her works are forthcoming in bioStories and Hobart. She studies intimacy at her desk and Comparative Literature in college. Yoon Chung has been writing in English since she was seven – partly because her mom gave her pocket money for the go
Read MoreYvonne Dykes has lived in London her whole life and is the seventh of nine children. She’s married with two grown-up sons. She’s currently working as a supply teacher in primary school and has been teaching for seventeen years. She studied with the Open University and has recently completed an M
Read MoreZiella Bryars is the author of How to Mend a Broken Heart (2021). Ziella Bryars is a writer and producer. She founded the new writing theatre show Love Bites in 2008. She has wrote plays including Blind Date, True Love, A Room on Greek Street and Down in One. Her work has been
Read MoreZoe Swenson is a freelance editor and writer. She grew up in northern Vermont in the pre-Internet era – reading, listening to vinyl records, and making things out of snow. She studied English literature and creative writing very happily at Bryn Mawr College (near Philadelphia) and Victorian litera
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