Alumni A - C
Adams, Liz (BA 2005, MA 2007)
Green Dobermans (2011)
Alderman, Naomi (MA 2003)

David Higham Award winner (2002)
Disobedience (2006) – Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (2007); Waterstone's 25 Authors for the Future (2007); Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers (2006); Glen Dimplex Award shortlist (2006)
The Lessons (2010) - International Impac Dublin Literary Award longlist (2012)
Doctor Who: Borrowed Time (2011, as Naomi A Alderman)
The Liars' Gospel (2012)
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative award (2012)
Allan, Clare (MA 2000)
Poppy Shakespeare (2006) – Orange Broadband Award for New Writers shortlist; Arts Foundation Fellowship shortlist (2007), Guardian Book Prize Shortlist, Mind Book of the Year shortlist (2007).
Allan, Nicholas (MA 1981)
Numerous award-winning picture books for children, including:
The Hefty Fairy (1989)
The Magic Lavatory (1992)
The Queen's Knickers (2000)
Where Willy Went (2006)
Father Christmas Needs a Wee (2009)
Picasso's Trousers (2011)
Novel:
The First Time (1995)
Allen, Mary (MA 2002)
Almond, David (BA 1973)
Sleepless Nights (1985)
A Kind of Heaven (1997)
Skellig (1998) - Carnegie Medal winner (1998); Whitbread Children's Book Award winner (1998); Carnegie of Carnegies shortlist (2007)
Kit's Wilderness (1999) - Nestle Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award) winner (1999); Michael L. Printz Award winner (USA 2001); Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist (1999); Carnegie Medal shortlist (2000)
Counting Stars (2000)
Heaven Eyes (2000) - Whitbread Children's Book Award shortlist (2000); Carnegie Medal shortlist (2000)
Secret Heart (2001)
Skellig: A Play (2002)
Where Your Wings Were (2002)
Wild Girl, Wild Boy: A Play (2002)
The Fire-Eaters (2003) - Nestle Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) winner (2003); Whitbread Children's Book Award winner (2003); Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA 2004); Carnegie Medal shortlist (2003); Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist (2003)
Kate, the Cat and the Moon (2004)
Clay (2005) - Carnegie Medal shortlist (2006); Costa Children's Book Award shortlist (2006)
My Dad's a Birdman (2007)
Jackdaw Summer (2008)
The Savage (2008)
The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon (2010)
My name is Mina (2010) - Guardian Children's Fiction Prize longlist (2012); UK Literacy Association Children's Book Award longlist (2012)
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean (2011)
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas (2012)
Atkinson, Diane (MA 2004)
Votes for Women (1988)
The Suffragettes in Pictures (1996)
Funny Girls: Cartooning For Equality (1997)
Love and Dirt: The Marriage of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick (2003)
Elsie and Mairi Go To War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front (2009)
The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton (2012)
Avery, Desmond (MA 2011)
Beyond Power: Simone Weil and the Notion of Authority (2008)
Lee Jong-Wook: A Life in Health and Politics (2012)
Aw, Tash (MA 2003)

The Harmony Silk Factory (2005) – Whitbread Prize First Novel winner (2005); Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel winner (2005); The Booker Prize shortlist (2005); International Impac Dublin Award longlist (2007)
Map of the Invisible World (2009)
Five Star Billionaire (2013)
Azzopardi, Trezza (MA 1998)

The Hiding Place (2000) – Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (2001); James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Novel shortlist (2000); The Booker Prize shortlist (2000)
Remember Me (2004) - Arts Council Wales Book of the Year shortlist (2005)
Winterton Blue (2007)
The Song House (2010)
Visit the author's British Council page.
Bannister, Martin (MA 2005)
A Map of Nowhere (2013)
Batchelor, Paul (MA 2000)
Fighting In the Captain's Tower (2002, with JP Nosbaum)
To Photograph a Snow Crystal (2006)
The Sinking Road (2008) - Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for Poetry shortlist (2008); Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize shortlist (2008)
Winner - The Times Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation (2009)
Winner - Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition (2009)
Visit the author's page on Bloodaxe Books.
Baylis, Nick (MA 1993)
The Science of Well-being (2006)
Learning From Wonderful Lives (2006)
The Rough Guide to Happiness (2009)
Beard, Richard (MA 1995)
X20 A Novel of (Not) Smoking (1996)
Damascus (1998)
The Cartoonist (2000)
Muddied Oafs: The Last Days of Rugger (2003)
Dry Bones (2004)
Manly Pursuits: Beating the Australians (2006)
Becoming Drucilla: One Life, Two Friends, Three Genders (2008)
Lazarus is Dead (2011)
Bedford, Martyn (MA 1994)
Acts of Revision (1996) - Yorkshire Post Best First Work winner (1996)
Exit, Orange and Red (1997)
The Houdini Girl (1999)
Black Cat (2000)
The Island of Lost Souls (2006)
Flip (2011) - Costa Children's Book Award shortlist (2012); UK Literacy Association Children's Book Award longlist (2012)
The Fallen One (2012)
Bell, Julia (MA 1996)
The Creative Writing Coursebook (2001, ed, with Paul Magrs)
Massive (2003)
Dirty Work (2007)
Benn, Tom (MA 2010)
The Doll Princess (2012) - CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger longlist (2012); Dylan Thomas Prize longlist (2012)
Read about the CWA John Creasey Dagger 2012 shortlist.
Bidwell, Tom Dalton (BA 2005)
Credits include:
Risky and Fluke (National Student Drama Festival, 2006) - Sunday Times NSDF Award winner (2006)
Rumour and the Rope Trick (Stephen Joseph Theatre, 2007)
Things To Do Before You Die (BBC Radio 4, 2008)
BBC Writers Academy (2008/09)
Company Along the Mile (West Yorkshire Playhouse 2009)
Scripts for Eastenders, Casualty, Dr Who (BBC)
Screen International 'Star of Tomorrow' (2010)
Coming Up (Channel 4, 2010)
Wish 143 - Academy Awards nomination (2011)
My Mad Fat Diary (E4, 2013)
Birne, Eleanor (MA 2002)
Blank, Jane (BA 1986)
Block, Brett Ellen (MA 1998)
Destination Known (2001) - Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner (2001)
The Grave of God’s Daughter (2004)
The Lightning Rule (2006)
The Definition of Wind (2010)
Blomer, Yvonne (MA 2004)
A Broken Mirror, Fallen Leaf (2006) - Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for Poetry shortlist
Landscapes and Home (2011)
The Book of Places (2011)
Borek, Ben (MA 2004)
Donjong Heights (2007)
Bower, Sarah (MA 2002)
The Needle in the Blood (2007)
The Book of Love (2008)
Bowker, Peter (MA 1991)
TV and film credits include:
Casualty (BBC1, 1992-97)
Peak Practice (ITV, 1995)
The Uninvited (ITV, 1997)
Where The Heart Is (ITV, 1998)
A Christmas Carol (2000)
The Canterbury Tales: The Miller’s Tale (BBC1, 2003)
Blackpool (BBC1, 2004) - BAFTA shortlist 2005; Golden Globe Awards shortlist 2006
Viva Blackpool (BBC1, 2006)
Occupation (BBC1, 2009)
Desperate Romantics (BBC2, 2009)
Wuthering Heights (ITV, 2009)
Bowler, Tim (BA 1972)
Midget (1994)
Dragon's Rock (1995)
River Boy (1997) - Carnegie Medal Best Novel winner (1998)
Shadows (1999)
Storm Catchers (2001)
Starseeker (2002)
Firmament (2004)
Apocalypse (2004)
Blood on the Snow (2004)
Walking with the Dead (2005)
Frozen Fire (2006)
Bloodchild (2008)
Playing Dead (2008)
Closing In (2008)
Breaking Free (2009)
Running Scared (2009)
Fighting Back (2009)
Mixing It (2010)
Cutting Loose (2010)
Risking All (2010)
Out of the Shadows (2010)
Buried Thunder (2011) - UK Literacy Assocation Children's Book Award longlist (2012)
Boyne, John (MA 1995)
The Thief of Time (2000)
The Congress of Rough Riders (2001)
Crippen: A Novel of Murder (2004)
The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas (2006) - CBI Bisto Book of the Year (2007); Irish Book Award: People's Choice Award Book of the Year (2007); Irish Book Award: Children's Book of the Year (2007); WH Smith Children's Book of the Year shortlist (2007); the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize shortlist (2007); the Prix Farmiente shortlist (Belgium, 2007); the Paolo Ungari Award (Italy, 2006); Borders Originial Voices (Young Adult) shortlist (USA, 2006)
Next of Kin (2006)
The Second Child (2008)
Mutiny on the Bounty (2008)
The House of Special Purpose (2009)
Noah Barleywater Runs Away (2010) - UK Literacy Association Children's Book Award longlist (2012)
The Absolutist (2011)
Bradby, Lawrence (MA 2003)
Breathe In, Conk Out (2001)
Best Bloody Job in the World (2002)
Bookmark Book (2003)
Sweep and Veer (2005)
Mechanical Operations in Cambourne (2009, with Helen Stratford)
Visit the author's page on Axis.
Brar, Amman (Paul) (MA 2004)
Credits include:
Short play, Radio 4
Writer in residence, Tamasha Theatre Company
Braun, Harriet (MA 1993)
Credits include:
Mistresses (BBC1)
Hotel Babylon (BBC1)
Lip Service (BBC3, 2010)
Visit the author's page on the Knight Hall Agency website.
Brennan, Catherine M (MA 2008)
Beneath the Deluge (2008)
Brett, Belinda (MA 1987)
The Roseate Summer (1979)
Dreaming of Water (1997)
Mother (1998)
Bridgeman, Laura (MA 2003)
Credits include:
Maison Splendide (London New Play’s Festival, 1996)
Junk (Gay Sweatshop, 1997)
Medicine Girl (Guinness Ingenuity Award, 1997)
Etiquette (BBC Radio4, 2000)
ID 1000 (The National Youth Theatre, 2007)
Visit the author's page on the Knight Hall Agency website.
Brightwell, Gerri (MA 1989)
Cold Country (2003)
The Dark Lantern (2008)
Visit the author's page on the University of Alaska Fairbanks website.
Brittain, Jon (BA 2008)
Credits include:
The Wake (2009) - Judges Award for Comedy winner, National Student Drama Festival (2009)
The Aim of the Game (Old Vic, 2010)
The Happiest Day of Your Life (The Vineyard Theatre, New York, 2011)
Phillipa And Will Are Now In A Relationship (Edinburgh Fringe and Theatre 503 London, 2011)
The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo (Edinburgh Fringe and Theatre 503 London, 2011)
The Spies in Room 502 (Old Vic, 2011) - Time Warner Ignite Competition winner (2011)
Royal Court Young Writers Programme (2012)
Fireworks (Theatre 503, 2012)
My Imaginary Friend Patrick Stewart (Theatre 503, 2012)
Everybody's Doing It (Arcola Theatre, 2012)
Brovig, Dea (MA 2009)
The Strong Man (2013)
Bryan, Lynne (MA 1985)
Bueno, Bernardo (current PhD)
Minimundo (2006) - winner South, National and Books Literary Award Best New Author prize (2007); shortlisted Acorianos Award for Best Short Story Collection (2007)
Bullock, Emily (MA 2004)
Burch, Druin (MA 2004)
Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon (2007)
Taking The Medicine (2009)
Butcher, Pat (BA 1973)
The Perfect Distance (2005)
Butler, Jenna (MA 2004)
Forcing Bloom (2007)
Weather (2008)
Winter Ballast (2008)
Aphelion (2010)
Nyctogram: The Lewis Carroll Poems (2010)
Spindle (2011)
Songs For a Broken Season (2012)
Wells (2012)
Love Letters (2012)
Lepidopterists (2012)
Seldom Seen Road (2013)
Butler, Sarah (MA 2003)
Butler, Sue (MA 1999)
Byers, Sam (MA 2003; current PhD)
Campbell, Aifric (MA 2003, PhD 2007)

The Semantics of Murder (2008) - Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for Fiction shortlist (2008)
The Loss Adjustor (2010)
On The Floor (2012) - Orange Prize for Fiction longlist (2012)
Candy, Edward (pseudonym of Alison Neville, MA 1975)
Which Doctor (1954)
Bones of Contention (1954)
The Graver Tribe (1958)
Strokes of Havoc (1966)
Parents’ Day (1967)
Dr Amadeus (1969)
Words for Murder Perhaps (1971)
Scene Changing (1977)
Voices of Children (1980)
Visit the author's page on Clerical Detectives.
Cartwright, Anthony (BA 1996)

The Afterglow (2004) - Betty Trask Award (2004); James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist (2004); John Llewellyn-Rhys Memorial Prize shortlist (2004); Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Novel shortlist (2004)
Heartland (2009) - The People's Book Prize shortlist (2009); Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Novel shortlist (2010)
How I Killed Margaret Thatcher (2012)
Visit the author's page on the British Council's website.
Castalia, Drew (MA 2009)
Credits include:
Tempting Fates (2008)
Lions (with Will Simpson and Jacob Marcet, 2009)
The Adventures of Young Sherlock Homes (2009)
Chalcraft, Mags (BA 2013)
Tunnel (Nightingale Theatre, 2012) - winner Bulbul 2012: First Annual Playwriting Competition (2012)
Chaundy, Fabian (BA 2011)
Credits include:
'Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader' (MEGA TV, Chile, 2008)
BKN (MEGA TV, Chile, 2008-2011)
Chevalier, Tracy (MA 1994)

The Virgin Blue (1996)
Girl With a Pearl Earring (1999)
Falling Angels (2001)
The Lady and the Unicorn (2003)
Burning Bright (2007)
Remarkable Creatures (2009) - IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist (2010)
The Last Runaway (2013)
Clare, Tim (MA 2004)
We Can't All Be Astronauts (2009) - East Anglian Book Awards Biography category winner (2009)
Pub Stuntman (2012)
Clark, Cassandra (MA 1991)
Hangman Blind (2008)
The Red Velvet Turnshoe (2009)
The Law of Angels (2011)
Cleminshaw, Suzanne (PhD 1991)
Clifford, Graham (MA 2001)
Welcome Back to the Country (2010)
Close, Kristina (MA 2001)
Small Infidelities (1997)
Cockburn, Tim (MA 2010)
Appearances in the Bentinck Hotel (2012) - EDP-Jarrold East Anglian Book Awards shortlist (2012)
Corbalis, Judy (MA 1990)
The Wrestling Princess: And Other Stories (1986)
The Cuckoo Bird (1988)
Oskar and the Ice-pick (1988)
Porcellus, the Flying Pig (1988)
The Ice Cream Heroes (1989)
Your Dad’s a Monkey (1989)
Flying Pig to the Rescue (1991)
Put a Sock in it, Percy (1994)
Tapu (1996)
Mortmain (2007)
Visit the author's page on the RLF website.
Corbett, Sarah (MA 1998)
The Red Wardrobe (1998) - Eric Gregory Award winner (1998); Forward Prize shortlist (1998); TS Eliot Prize shortlist (1998)
The Witch Bag (2002)
Other Beasts (2008)
Visit the author's page on the Lancaster University website.
Corcoran, Josephine (MA 1997)
Credits include:
Jocasta (Chelsea Centre Theatre, 1997)
Algebra (first prize in the Ian St James' Awards, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (1998)
The Songs That Houses Sing (BBC Radio 4, 2000)
Corrick, Martin (MA 2000)
Cowan, Andrew (MA 1985)

Pig (1994) – Betty Trask Award (1993); Authors’ Club First Novel (1994); Ruth Hadden Memorial Award (1994); Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (1994); Scottish Arts Council Book Award (1995); The Saltire Society First Book Award shortlist (1994); The Yorkshire Post Best First Novel shortlist (1994); The David Higham Prize for Fiction shortlist (1994); The Hawthornden Prize shortlist (1995); The Steinbeck Award shortlist (1995)
Common Ground (1996)
Crustaceans (2000)
What I Know (2005) – Arts Council Writers’ Award (2004)
The Art of Writing Fiction (2011)
Worthless Men (2013)
Visit the author's page on the British Council Website.
Cowie, Douglas (MA 2000, PhD 2007)
Craib, Ben (MA 2009)
Winner Menagerie Theatre Company New Writing Competition (2009)
Writer in Development, Half Moon Young People's Theatre (2010)
Founding director, Alleycat Theatre Company (2010)
Cremins, Robert (MA 1991)
A Sort of Homecoming (1998)
Send in the Devils (2001)
Cross, Helen (MA 1997)
My Summer of Love (2001) – Betty Trask Award (2002)
The Secrets She Keeps (2005)
Split Milk, Black Coffee (2009)
Visit the author's page on Bloomsbury.
Crowe, E. V. (MA 2005)
Credits include:
Finalist in The Play’s The Thing (Channel 4, 2006)
Hooked (Hampstead Theatre, 2008)
Civil (Soho Theatre)
One Runs, The Other Doesn't (Royal Court Theatre, 2010)
Charged (Soho Theatre, 2010)
Kin (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2010) - The Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright shortlist (2011)
Curran, Fiona (MA 2003)
The Hail Mary Pass (2005)



A House Divided (1998)
When Will I sleep Through The Night (2011)
Naked Playing the Cello (2003)
Envy at the Cheese Handout (1995)
Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love (2013)
Vanishing Trick (2004)
Idiopathy (2013)
The Great Ideas (1999) - Whitbread First Novel Award shortlist (1999)
The Navigation Log (2002)
Owen Noone and the Maurauder (2005)