Short Story writers on Short Story Radio
Read more about the writers whose stories you have listened to. Our writers are listed by surname.
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Felicity Shakespeare (The Contingency)
Felicity Shakespeare lives in Bishops Stortford, Herts. She comes from a theatrical background having played many roles in musical theatre and is currently appearing in Panto locally. A couple of years ago she started writing her own material for the theatre, and this short story was part of that process.
She can be contacted on flikshake@hotmail.com
J Carmen Smith (The Photograph, The Traveller's Tale)
J Carmen Smith went back into education in late middle age and gained an MA in Victorian Literature from the University of Liverpool. Now a grandmother she has just completed her first full length novel called Chasing Shadows - a fictionalised biography of her Spanish grandparents' lives as immigrants in Liverpool at the beginning of the last century.
www.jcarmensmith.com
Jonathan Veale (A Helping Hand, Well of Hope)
Jonathan Veale, a serial entrepreneur with far too much time on his hands, has recently completed a collection of short stories all centered around a fictional village in very rural France. 'A Helping Hand' is the opening episode of twenty-two; stand by your headphones!
When not sipping whisky at his keyboard, Jonathan oversees the development of a couple of websites devoted to writers seeking publishers.http://WriteAway.co.uk is now in its fourth year and chugs along at the mercy of a growing membership.
The bidding auction for Jonathan's writing masterpiece can now begin. Bill Tidy has produced a beautiful cover cartoon; what better start could a book have in life?
Angela Williams (Feast of the Thaw)
Angela Williams grew up on a farm in Herefordshire, England. During childhood she was a whizz at local gymkhanas; excelling in the egg & spoon race. Later in life she got serious and began her artistic career by obtaining her degree in visual art, specializing in textiles at Goldsmiths College, the University of London.
One of her passionate pursuits is creative writing. She has worked closely with renowned Welsh poet Gillian Clarke, president of Ty Newydd (writers' centre on North Welsh coast) and also completed the short story course via the Open College of the Arts. One of her short stories written during the course was printed in 'Scary Shorts for Halloween' published in July 2004. In 2005 her short story 'Chosen' was short listed in the Dark Tales Short Story Competition - summer 05.
In 1986 she moved to Amsterdam and married her Dutch husband. She is an active member of a writers’ circle there and alongside her creative writing has had numerous articles published in publications aimed at the ex-pat community. In 2004 she gained her CELTA Certificate (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and in 2006 launched her own business combining teaching belly dance and business English teaching (not simultaneously) under the name In-Tuition.
Last updated July 2008 |
