British Women Short Story Writers

Emma Young is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Lincoln where she is a final-year doctoral candidate. Her thesis examines the relationship between contemporary women writers, feminist politics and the short story genre. Previously, Emma has published journal articles and a co-authored book chapter on the contemporary author Emma Donoghue and her most recent article (forthcoming) is entitled 'Of the Moment: Positioning the British Short Story in the Twenty-first Century'. James Bailey is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Sheffield where he is also a final-year Ph.D candidate. His thesis examines the treatment of time and free will in the fiction of Muriel Spark. His most recent article, 'Repetition, boredom despair': Muriel Spark and the Eichmann Trial' was published in both Holocaust Studies and an edited collection, Representing Perpetrators, in 2012.