Writers

William Letford

Rotten with wonder, searching for grit, beauty, dignity and heart

Joanna Walsh

Fictionist, autofictionist, essayist, journalist, experimentalist

Naomi Wood

Writer and teacher of novels and films

James Robertson

Scottish novelist, poet: intrigued by time, change, identity, locality, power

Kit de Waal

I'm a writer, reader, giggler and baker of mixed heritage

Emma Jane Unsworth

Novelist and screenwriter. Northerner. Romantic. Likes wine. GSOH

Janice Galloway

Work alone and/or collaborate (painters, sculptors, libretti - all comers)

Neel Mukherjee

Novelist, curious, thinks about form more than he's given credit for

Karen McCarthy Woolf

Poet, editor, critic, urban nature, collaboration and translation, diversity advocate

Sarah Howe

British-Chinese poet, academic and editor, born in Hong Kong

Tessa Hadley

Novelist and short story writer

Nadeem Aslam

Born in Pakistan, a novelist living in England

Alex Bellos

Mathematics. Puzzles. Brazil. Football. Pool, elliptically

Carys Davies

Award-winning, widely anthologised short story writer, north-west England

Alexandra Harris

Literary critic, cultural historian, lover of buildings, landscapes, seasons, stories

Bernardine Evaristo

Afro-British adventurer who brings unique characters and stories to life

Andrew McMillan

Young poet exploring masculinity and the body

Sabrina Mahfouz

Trying to make words that make a change, however small

Hannah Berry

Mover. Shaker. Comic book maker

Stephen Collins

Cartoonist, born 1980. Permanently stuck down a creative rabbit hole

Frances Hardinge

Writes dark, bizarre, fantastical books for children and young adults

Kayo Chingonyi

Lyric poet with a passion for music

Catherine O'Flynn

Novelist, former child detective, specialises in failed utopias, obsolete confectionery

Hollie McNish

I like writing poetry a lot. And I like being alive

Ross Sutherland

Exploring new forms across poetry, theatre, film and radio

Christie Watson

Bookish, political, average dancer. Teach, write, drink too much coffee.

Niven Govinden

British novelist. Known as a "writer's writer"

Sarah Moss

Reading, writing, talking, running, cooking: I miss hills and sea

Sophia Walker

Award-winning poet, playwright and teacher. UN and TEDx commissions

David Szalay

London writer, European, also Canadian

Courttia Newland

Out of the box, inner city, stylistically diverse, musically influenced 

Olivia Laing

Writer

Christopher Brookmyre

Permanently excited by the possibility of being wrong about everything

Ned Beauman

Author of three novels, Granta Best Young British Novelists 2013

Nikesh Shukla

Author, novelist, diversity champion, filmmaker, average rapper

Horatio Clare

Father, author, teacher, travel writer, university lecturer, walker, farmer 

Nick Harkaway

Novelist, European, wild-eyed black sky dreamer, husband, dad, oenophile, biathlon fan

Laura Dockrill

baby. granny. annoying. optimistic. potato-eating. writing. drawing. talking. colourful.

Rhian Edwards

Welsh poet & single mum, twitcher & horror film nut

Glenn Patterson

Serial optimist

Jenni Fagan

Curious, dedicated, strange, brilliant, complicated, engaged, chatty, funny, loyal, true

Jenn Ashworth

Northern, working class writer curious about domestic, strange happenings in uncanny landscapes

Sarah Perry

Novelist; academic (the Gothic, creative writing); critic (The Guardian, Financial Times); essays (BBC, Guardian, Slightly Foxed)

Melissa Lee-Houghton

Fierce, Intelligent, Intense, Compassionate, Complex, Diligent, Expressive, Vibrant, Honest, Connected

Helen Mort

Yorkshire-born, Derbyshire-bred poet, runner and amateur rock climber

Paul McVeigh

Northern Irish writer of plays, comedy, short stories and novel

Isabel Greenberg

Illustrator, writer, comics, graphic novels