Emily Barr has written twenty-two published novels and several screenplays. Her first novel, a thriller called Backpack, won the WHSmith New Talent Award and she has twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. As well as writing psychological thrillers, she has written eight YA novels, including the multi-award-winning The One Memory of Flora Banks, which…

Mark studied Creative Writing at UEA. He went on to publish Fresh which won the Saltire First Book Award and The Arts Foundation Fellowship in Fiction. Mark has also published short stories. Occasionally, he writes poems. Recently he moved into drama. He has written one play and is now working on his second.

Julia Crouch has been a theatre director, playwright, drama teacher, publicist, graphic/website designer and illustrator. It was while she was doing an MA in Sequential Illustration that she realised what she really loved was writing. She took some online creative writing courses and wrote two NaNoWriMo novels. The second of these went on to become her…

Dr Daniel Soule is the director of The Research Writer, a training organisation specialising in supporting academic researchers as they write and publish. Dan has 10 years experience of academic and research-writing training in universities and other research institutions, and has helped thousands of postgraduates and research staff write complex documents including research articles, theses…

Fiona is a writer and educator and has a PGCE, MA and MFA. She’s previously worked in school, college and university settings, and has run a range of outreach and community-based projects for adults and young people. She enjoys developing and nurturing online learning communities, working with students to support them on their writing journey…

Cal Moriarty is a novelist, screenwriter and director. Cal’s debut novel The Killing of Bobbi Lomax was described by the Times of London as a ‘total wow of a debut’ and compared to Stephen King, Elmore Leonard and Don Winslow. Cal’s second novel Ten of Swords was published in 2017.