Andrew Dicker was born in London, where he also went to medical school. His career has been in general practice in rural England and Hong Kong. In 1991 he started a new NHS practice in Westminster, London, from which he retired a couple of years ago. He now lives in Buckinghamshire. Having enjoye
Read MoreNadeem Zaman was born in Bangladesh and grew up there and in Chicago. His fiction has appeared in numerous journals worldwide. His forthcoming works are a novel In the Time of the Others (July 2018, Picador) and the story collection Days and Nights in the City (November 2018, Bengali Lights Books).
Read MoreMichael Downes was born in Northern Ireland. He left to travel and see the world. During his travels he worked at many jobs. At present he lives in Victoria, Australia in a small country town with his eldest son. Michael didn’t start writing until his late twenties. He has a novel published in
Read MoreHelena Hinn lives in Newcastle on Tyne, writes and attends literature and film courses, and reads. She works part time as an assistant manager for a charity shop. Helena began writing in 1984. She writes poetry and short fiction. She has been published in Virago, Women’s Press, Faber & Fabe
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 MoreNicholas Russell is now retired. His main career was teaching applied biology, history of science and science communication in colleges and universities. He also undertook educational development work for the Nuffield Foundation and worked as a Head of Department of Humanities at Imperial College Lo
Read MoreMaggie Hellwig is a writer and instructor of English Literature at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. She graduated from Dickinson College with her BFA in English Literature in 2007, and with her MFA in Writing from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015. Maggie’s first short s
Read MoreHaving just retired from working more years than he cares to remember in the NHS, Richard Corney is left free to concentrate on playing the piano, writing, cycling and paragliding. Richard has always been writing, starting as a child. His first love has always been poetry, although he did try to
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