I’m a writer from the UK. I have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, and a BA from the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In 2018, I was awarded an Escalator Prize by the UK National Centre for Writing. In 2019, I won the Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize (judged by Billy O’Callaghan). I'm working on my first collection of stories.
Publications
- 2020 ‘Come Closer’, Southword: New International Writing, Issue 38
- 2019 Reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival
Prizes
- 2019 First Prize, Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize
- 2018 Escalator Prize, UK National Centre for Writing
Fellowships & Residencies
- 2023 Fellow, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Bulgaria
- 2021 Stinging Fly Summer School, Ireland
- 2020 Anam Cara Writer’s & Artist’s Retreat, Ireland
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