Liz Williams
Maria McCann
Maria's first novel, As Meat Loves Salt (HarperCollins, 2001, reissued by Fourth Estate, 2011) was an Economist Book of the Year. Described as a 'fat juicy masterpiece', it has never gone out of print. The Wilding (2010) was longlisted for the Orange Prize and was one of eight novels selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club out of a hundred and sixty titles submitted by publishers.
Maria holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Glamorgan. For nearly a decade (until December 2010) she ran the Creative Writing courses at Strode College in Somerset, helping writers of all levels of ability to nurture their creative processes and to craft their work. Alongside historical novelists Emma Darwin, Rose Melikan and R N Morris, Maria appears at literary festivals as part of a panel discussing aspects of writing and researching historical fiction. At present (from January 2011) she is one of three mentors (along with poet Daljit Nagra and playwright Nell Leyshon) selected to support developing writers as part of the Arvon/Jerwood Mentoring Scheme.
Deborah Gregory
Deborah trained at The Drama Studio, London and worked as an actress for many years, in theatre, film, TV and on the radio.
She won a writing competition run by South West Arts and changed careers, achieving an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University as part of this transition.
Deborah has run creative writing classes for adults who were starting out as authors.
She has also had many poems published in magazines and won several writing competitions with her short stories and monologues.
Her first novel The Cornflake House was published by Picador in the UK and by St. Martin’s Press in the USA. It received excellent reviews in newspapers, journals and on-lin
Her subsequent novels The Better Part and Dancing With The Dead were published by Solidus and were also well received.
Deborah is a member of two writing groups and is enthusiastic to help others who wish to improve at this craft.
Julie-ann Rowell
Julie-ann Rowell has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. She has many years experience as a commercial editor and technical writer.
She teaches poetry and offers mentoring (recently for the University of Bristol) and has two collections, Convergence, which won a Poetry Book Society Award, and Letters North. She has won several major prizes in poetry competitions, including runner-up in the Bridport prize and National Poetry Competition (‘Stay in Touch’ category), Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition (twice), plus first prize in the Frogmore Poetry Competition and the New Writer Short Collection Prize. She has also been widely published in magazines and journals.
Her children’s novel, Sea Change, was published by Solidus Press, and its sequel, Shadow Dance has recently been published.
Liz is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is co-director of a witchcraft supply business. She is
currently published by Bantam Spectra (US) and Tor Macmillan (UK), also
Night Shade Press and appears regularly in Realms of Fantasy, Asimov's and
other magazines. She is the secretary of the Milford SF Writers' Workshop,
and also teaches creative writing and the history of Science Fiction.
Novels are: THE GHOST SISTER (Bantam Spectra), EMPIRE OF BONES, THE POISON MASTER, NINE LAYERS OF SKY, BANNER OF SOULS (Bantam Spectra - US, Tor Macmillan - UK), DARKLAND, BLOODMIND (Tor Macmillan UK), SNAKE AGENT, THE DEMON AND THE CITY, and PRECIOUS DRAGON (Night Shade Press).
Forthcoming novels are: WINTERSTRIKE (Tor Macmillan) and THE SHADOW PAVILION
(Night Shade Press), 2008
Her short story collection THE BANQUET OF THE LORDS OF NIGHT is also
published by Night Shade Press.
Her novel BANNER OF SOULS has been nominated for the Philip K Dick Memorial
Award, along with 3 previous novels, and the Arthur C Clarke Award.
She has a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge.
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