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Author Category: Short Story Author

Jamie Guiney is a literary fiction writer from Country Armagh, Northern Ireland. His debut short story collection The Wooden Hill is published by Epoque Press. Jamie's short stories have been published internationally and he has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. Jamie is a graduate of

Greg Forrester was born and raised in County Durham, and currently lives in the North East. After initially wanting to be a teacher, Greg changed his mind and decided to study Creative Writing, at both the University of Sunderland (undergraduate) and Newcastle University (postgraduate). Greg Forr

David Lewis grew up and went to university in Oklahoma before moving to London where he completed an MA in Literature at UCL. Since then he has lived and worked in Paris. David started writing at the age of nine by entering a school writing competition with a short story called Cindy to the Rescu

Barbara Mercer was born and grew up in Manchester. She read English at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has worked as a designer and editor in various publishing companies, with a specialism in art, photography, film and graphics. She is an exhibited artist, with works shown at the Southban

Helen Stancey is the author of The Madonna of the Pool (2017), a collection of short stories. You can read a free short story from this collection, Shall We Dance, here. Her latest novel, Relative Secrets, was published in March 2021. Helen was born and brought up in Yorkshire. After attending Un

Kathryn Halton graduated from the University College of Ripon and York St John in the early 1990s, with a BA Hons in English Literature and History. Her dissertation was a paper on the works of Jack Kerouac. She started her working life as a librarian at a local college, before moving into local

Wendy Holborow was born in South Wales, UK, but lived in Greece for fourteen years where she founded and co-edited Poetry Greece. She has won prizes for her short stories, notably the Philip Good Memorial Prize, The Aber Valley Competition, The Island Magazine and most recently a first prize in the

Paul Sutton Reeves was born in Hertfordshire and has since moved around between eleven English counties. He’s ‘the veteran of a number of obscure bands’ and has been for many years a teacher in economics. He now lives with his wife and two children, and divides his time between East Anglia and

Neal Mason was born in Middlesex and educated in Norfolk. He was Writer in Residence in Welsh valley for six months for Arts Council. He taught at university and other organisations, while also travelling a lot, especially in Eastern Europe. Neal Mason has many stories, monologues and poems publi

John Lee Langton is a Director of Wallingford Architects Ltd (WALLtd). He has been living in England for ten years. Previously he lived in Swaziland where he worked with the United Nations on two projects, SEDCO and ECI. He later lived in South Africa where he worked as a Project Architect for vario