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NAW Interview with Dinah Jefferies

Dinah Jefferies

Dinah Jefferies was born in Melaka, Malaya before coming to England when her parents returned to Solihull, Warwickshire. She studied at Birmingham College of Art and the University of Ulster, Coleraine. ‘The Separation’ is her debut novel. Visit her here. …

NAW Interview with Gail Storey

Gail Storey

Gail D. Storey is the author of I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail, Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, Foreword IndieFab Book of the Year Award, Nautilus Silver Award, Colorado Book…

NAW Interview with Kerry Young

Kerry Young

Kerry Young was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Chinese father and mother of mixed Chinese-African heritage. She came to England at the age of ten. She has Master’s degrees in organisation development and creative writing, and a PhD in…

NAW Interview With Jessica Bacal

Jessica Bacal

Jessica Bacal is the Director of the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women’s college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from 60 countries around the world. Mistakes I Made at Work: 25…

NAW Interview with Amanda Sun

Amanda Sun

Amanda Sun is a YA author. She was born in Deep River, Canada and started reading fantasy novels at 4 and writing as soon as she could hold a pencil. ​In university, she took English, Linguistics, and Asian History, before settling into Archaeology.…

‘The Impossible Exile’ (Book Excerpt) by George Prochnik

George Prochnik

George Prochnik is the author of The Impossible Exile (Other Press, 2014). He has taught English and American literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine, and is the author of In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise and Putnam Camp:…

NAW Interview with George Prochnik

George Prochnik

George Prochnik is the author of The Impossible Exile (Other Press, 2014). He has taught English and American literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine, and is the author of In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World…

NAW Interview with Rachael Craw

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Rachael Craw studied Classical Studies and Drama at the University of Canterbury, but became an English teacher after graduation. Working with teenagers has given her a natural bent towards Young Adult fiction and a desire to present a feisty female…

‘Maid’ by Ritika Pathak

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Everyone called me Angoori and the name has stuck; I never questioned its origin. I can still remember the day when my life changed completely. My uncle Rajgopal…

‘Wasted Lines’ by Tina Mukerji Mehta

Tina Mukherjee Mehta

Poet’s Bio: Tina Mukerji Mehta has been a screenwriter and content writer for nearly a decade,  and has also been a juror in numerous Film Festivals and Screenwriting Competitions, Endas Screenplay Competition and JNU Filmfest. She has worked with auteurs like…

‘Ontological Musings’ by Tina Mukerji Mehta

Tina Mukherjee Mehta

Poet’s Bio: Tina Mukerji Mehta has been a screenwriter and content writer for nearly a decade,  and has also been a juror in numerous Film Festivals and Screenwriting Competitions, Endas Screenplay Competition and JNU Filmfest. She has worked with auteurs like…