Haringey Literature live presents…Fiction Night with Robert Shearman and Rebecca SwirskyRobert Shearman has written four short story collections, and between them they have won the World Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Edge Hill Readers Prize and three British Fantasy Awards. His background is in the theatre, resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, and regular writer for Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough; his plays have won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, the Sophie Winter Memorial Trust Award, and the Guinness Award in association with the Royal National Theatre. He regularly writes plays and short stories for BBC Radio, and he has won two Sony Awards for his interactive radio series, ‘The Chain Gang’. But he’s probably best known for reintroducing the Daleks to the BAFTA winning first season of the revived Doctor Who, in an episode that was a finalist for the Hugo Award.Rebecca Swirsky graduated from her MA in Creative Writing by winning the A.M. Heath Prize for her short fiction. She was recently mentored by the writer Stella Duffy through winning the Word Factory Apprenticeship for her novel-of-stories, A History of Symmetry. Rebecca’s fiction is featured in Matter, Ambit, The View From Here, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Pygmy Giant, Stories for Homes Anthology for Shelter, Cease, Cows and a number of British anthologies, including the Bridport Anthology. Her work has been placed or shortlisted for The Manchester Fiction Award, Fish, Bath, Bristol, Sean O’ Faolin and both the Bridport Flash Fiction and Short Story Prizes. She was also awarded a bursary from The Literary Consultancy. In a former life, she was a Play Development Worker in Dalston and a support worker for children with learning and physical challenges.

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