University of Chichester

Jim Beckett is a writer specialising in children’s fiction. Buzz Sausage Wolf (Hachette, 2025, 2026) is a funny and heartwarming series…

Gill Thompson is the author of four historical fiction novels, set in and around World War Two. The Oceans Between…

Martine McDonagh is a fiction writer with a particular interest in characters who have survived trauma. Her most recent novel…

Paul Mason is a nonfiction writer specialising in high-interest material for children. Judging from the speed with which youthful visitors…

Andrea Bennett is a novelist who also writes short stories, short plays, flash fiction and nonfiction. Her first novel, Galina…

In 2005 Deborah Gearing’s first play Burn was commissioned by the National Theatre and was runner-up for the Brian Way…

Isabel Ashdown is the author of ten novels, most recently Weathering (Orion, 2023). In writing – and reading – she…

Siân Rees is a writer of historical non-fiction. Her first book The Floating Brothel, about a shipful of female convicts…

Lucy Flannery is a radio drama and comedy writer; her credits include the play Like a Daughter, with Alison Steadman,…

Gabrielle Kimm is the author of three historical novels. The first His Last Duchess (Sphere, 2010) is set in 16th-century…

Linda Buckley-Archer is a London-based writer who was born in Sussex and brought up in Lichfield. Her first love was…

Kate Chisholm is the radio critic of the Spectator and the author of Fanny Burney: her life (Chatto & Windus,…

Christina Koning is a novelist and short-story writer. She has worked as a travel writer and book reviewer for the…

Mavis Cheek was published by both Faber & Faber and Hutchinson in the UK and Europe. Starting in 1988, she…

An award-winning non-fiction writer and editor, Cath is also a university and ESOL teacher. Originally a project manager and editor…

Stephen Mollett is a dramatist and fiction writer. He has written eight plays for BBC Radio 4 in a variety…

Simon Jenner is a poet, playwright and commissioning editor, writing on music, drama and poetry. Belatedly educated at Leeds and…

Monique Roffey is an award-winning writer. Born in Trinidad, she has written a trilogy of novels, which engage with the…

Andrew Sant was born in London and educated there and in Melbourne after his family emigrated to Australia. He has…