Dean Atta is an award-winning Black British writer from London known for his heartfelt storytelling rooted in his Greek Cypriot and Jamaican heritage. He writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for all ages. For adult readers, his poetry collection, I Am Nobody’s Nigger, was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize, and his memoir, Person Unlimited:…
Ian Giles is a translator of the Scandinavian languages into English and the current Chair of the Translators Association. Photograph © Camila França
Helen Sedgwick is a cross-genre author of literary fiction, science fiction and folk horror. She writes about human connection across time and space, juxtaposing science with the supernatural and realism with ghost story. Her debut, The Comet Seekers (Harvill Secker 2016), was selected as a best book of 2016 by The Herald and her sci-fi novel The Growing…
I live in Edinburgh where I write about the world of people who die with no next-of-kin. I’ve published three novels, written for BBC Radio 4 and been selected by Val McDermid as one of the most compelling LGBTQ+ authors working today. Come say hello on twitter @mspaulsonellis or https://www.marypaulsonellis.co.uk
Rhona Snelling is a freelance ELT author, speaker, project manager, and editor. Rhona is qualified with International House and has extensive experience teaching in Europe and New Zealand. She has been an in-house editor at Pearson and OUP, and holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from the University of Oxford….
Alun Gibbard has been writing for a living for the last 14 years. He’s published 36 books, in Welsh and English. These are predominantly non-fiction, including some co-written life stories of Welsh people prominent in sport, music, broadcasting, politics and acting, as well as books on aspects of social and political history. He’s published one…
Rhiannon Tise is a writer for theatre, television and audio drama. She has written many originals and adaptations for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and her plays have been performed at theatres including the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Court, Soho Theatre, the Finborough, the Arcola Theatre and The Lyric Hammersmith. Her ten-part adaptation of…
Abie Longstaff is a children’s writer. Her books range from picture books to middle grade fiction (spanning roughly ages 2 to 11) and she is published by Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Hachette, Templar and others. She also writes school readers for a range of educational publishers. You can find her on Twitter under @abielongstaff
