Deborah Jenkins is the author of Braver (2022) and Winter Lights (2023). Deborah is a freelance writer and primary teacher who has worked in schools in the UK and abroad. Her novel Braver, published with Fairlight Books in June 2022, was shortlisted for the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Best
Read MoreDennis Hamley is the author of The Second Person from Porlock (2021). Dennis grew up in Kent and Buckinghamshire. After completing his National Service in the RAF, he read English at Jesus College, Cambridge and then pursued postgraduate studies at Bristol, Manchester and Leicester, where he earn
Read MoreDiana E. Almaretti was born in the Western United States' very own Golden State, California. There, she won several local awards in her home region of the Bay Area. Constantly drifting about in her own head, Diana switches rapidly between thinking about fictional characters, cosplaying as fiction
Read MoreDouglas is the author of Blue Postcards (2021), With or Without Angels (2022) and Woman in Blue (2025). Born in Edinburgh, Douglas spent most of his working life as an English and guidance teacher. Now retired, Douglas continues to reside in Scotland where he writes in his spare time. Blue Postca
Read MoreHannah Stevens is a writer currently based in Leicester, UK. She writes short stories and flash fiction and her work has featured in numerous anthologies, magazines and literary journals. Her debut short story collection Without Make-up and Other Stories was published in 2012. She has a PhD in C
Read MoreE. J. Saleby started writing poetry and stories as a small child and then became distracted by playing and listening to music, which was fun while it lasted. He started writing again after a new year’s resolution to try a creative writing course at City Lit three years ago. He is currently working
Read MoreEd Dallimore is the author of The Vineyards of Britain (2022). Ed has worked in the wine industry for over twelve years. He has spent the majority of his career championing small-scale and independent winemakers. He lived in Sydney for eight years, representing boutique wineries across the regio
Read MoreEdward Vass is the author of the novella Milton in Purgatory, published by Fairlight Books on 1 August 2019. With a degree in marketing and advertising from the University of Lincoln, Edward now works at the British Medical Association. He lives just outside Brighton with his family. Graduatin
Read MoreEilidh G Clark is a writer and poet living in central Scotland. After twenty years of working in retail management, Eilidh returned to education. In 2016, she graduated from the University of Stirling with a BA Hons first class degree in English Literature. Following her undergraduate degree, Eilidh
Read MoreElaine Miles began writing short stories in 2006, when a back injury forced her to lie down and do nothing for six weeks. Unable to do much more than lift a pen, she thought she’d give writing a go, and sent a short story off to a writing competition, never dreaming for a minute that she’d win a
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