What I'm up to now: I have
just begun a PhD in Creative Writing at Bath Spa
University to work on a book-length creative
work inspired by particle physics! I am also
editor of The
Short Review, the online
journal that reviews short story collections,
and a brand-new UK & Ireland short story
venture, ShortStops,
launched during National Short Story Week 2013.
I am a 2014 Gladstone's Library
Writer-in-Residence and judge of the
2014 Bridport Flash Fiction Prize.
How I Got Here:
Born in London in 1970, I moved to Jerusalem in 1994.
After
making a living for 13 years as a science
journalist, writing for publications such as
WIRED and NewScientist, I gave it all up to write
fiction, and am now based in Bristol, UK.
My second story
collection, My
Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions, was
published in May 2012 by Tangent Books and contain
fifty six very short fictions. My first collection, The
White
Road and Other Stories,
was commended by the judges of the 2009 Orange Award
for New Writers. It contains a mix of
flash fiction and short stories inspired
by science.
My stories
have won various prizes,
been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, been published in print
& online, broadcast
on
BBC
Radio 3 and 4 & performed. I teach regularly
for the Arvon Foundation & also give readings &
workshops in flash
fiction,
short stories & science-inspired
fiction.
I was
writer-in-residence in the Science Faculty at Bristol
University from 2009-2012, and received an Arts
Council England grant to work on a short story
collection inspired by a year spent in a biochemistry
lab. I am also founder and editor of The
Short Review,
an online journal dedicated to reviewing short story
collections and anthologies and showcasing short story
authors.
