Emma is a fine writer, both dedicated and adventurous. Her writing is sensual, emotionally charged, and also nuanced and sensitive, and she’s not afraid to tackle taboo.

- Jill Dawson, Orange and Whitbread Prize short-listed novelist

Emma Claire Sweeney is a prize-winning fiction writer. She studied English at Cambridge University and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (MA: distinction). Her short stories have been published in the UK, Ireland and the USA. Emma combines writing with university lecturing, community based writing residencies, and mentoring and editing services for emerging writers. Her current writing, academic research, and residencies all relate to links between story-telling and learning disability.