Tim Dadswell was born in Bournemouth, Dorset, growing up in nearby Christchurch. He gained a BA in English Literature from Aberystwyth University in 1984. For thirty years, he worked in a variety of civil service posts in London before moving to Norfolk. After he retired, encouraged by friends wi
Read MoreNiki Baker lives in central France and divides her time – sometimes with a reasonable degree of success – between pursuing her career as an author, editing her partner’s work, running her own business, and backpacking around places that people have vaguely heard of but might struggle to find i
Read MoreAbhishek Pandeyar is a writer and dreamer who belongs to the scenic mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India. Weaving stories while sitting in his suburban household is his only passion. Having lost his elder brother at a young age, he hopes to provide the same solace from his stories to the world, whic
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 MoreMei Kerr was born, raised, and still lives in Singapore, where she works in retail operations, which gives her great opportunity to observe human behaviour! She travels widely with her husband, who’s from Scotland. They run marathons and see the world! Mei started writing for fun and profit whe
Read MoreAilsa Cox was born in the West Midlands but has spent most of her life in North West England. She’s currently based in Liverpool, and is Professor of Short Fiction at Edge Hill University, where she runs the MA Creative Writing. Ailsa first started writing when she was a child because her teach
Read MoreJustin Aylward is a novelist and short story writer from Dublin, Ireland. He first began writing poetry in school aged fifteen. His love for cinema took him to third level education where he studied film. Making films proved to be difficult, so after devoting more time to reading novels, he wrote hi
Read MoreSarah Dale is an occupational psychologist who runs her own practice in Nottingham. She is currently in her second year of the MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck University. Sarah started writing seriously some years ago and self-published two non-fiction books, Keeping Your Spirits Up, and Bolde
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