Pippa Griffin discovered the joy of the short on the long commute between Bedford and London, before moving to the capital fifteen years ago. She was longlisted for the 2006 Fish International Short Story Prize and was published in The Mechanics Institute Review (Issue 5). She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Her stories feature in Bonne Route and The Route Book at Bedtime.
Chris Hill works in communications and has a background in newspaper journalism as a reporter, news editor and editor. He has won a number of short story prizes including the Bridport Prize and his recent novel The Longing was shortlisted for the Daily Telegraph first novel prize. His story 'So Which is the Way From Here?' features in The Route Book at Bedtime.
Louis Malloy works as a computer programmer but prefers to write fiction. His short stories have been published in magazines and he has been placed in a range of competitions, including winner of the New Writer Short Story Prize. His story 'Tragedy of the Commons' features in The Route Book at Bedtime.
Cally Taylor was born in Worcester and currently lives in Brighton. She is the author of Heaven Can Wait, a supernatural romantic-comedy (Orion Paperback). Her short stories have appeared in QWF, Etchings, The Lancet ‘Fact to Fiction’ special, Aesthetica and a variety of women’s magazines. Her story 'Imagination Avenue' features in The Route Book at Bedtime.
Katherine Reed lives in Cumbria, working for an educational publisher and the National Trust. An evening class addict, she is currently studying ancient history, screenprinting and heritage management. Her story 'Hunter Gatherers' features in The Route Book at Bedtime.
Sam Duda was born in Norfolk in 1982. He has had stories published in anthologies and literary journals and is currently studying for a PhD in Newcastle. His stories feaute in Born in the 1980s and The Route Book at Bedtime.
Jo Cannon is a G.P. in Sheffield. Her stories have appeared in The Reader, Myslexia, Cadenza, Brand and New Writer among others, and in anthologies including Leaf Books. Competition successes include firsts in HISSAC and Writers Inc, and runner up in Fish International. Her story 'Love on the Rocks' features in The Route Book at Bedtime.
Michael Nath was brought up in South Wales and Lincolnshire. He is a lecturer in English at the University of Westminster, and has published short stories in Critical Quarterly, Stand, Main Street Journal and Billy Liar.
La Rochelle is his first novel. His stories also feature in Wonderwall, Ideas Above our Station, Bonne Route and The Route Book at Bedtime.
Sarah Butler writes novels and short fiction. She has been published in anthologies (Route, Tindal Street, Monsoon and Pen & Ink Press) in journals (including pulp.net and Litro), and has held various residencies, including writer-in-residence on the Central line, for Art on the Underground. Sarah lives in London and runs UrbanWords, a literature consultancy, which specialises in projects using creative writing as a way to explore and question our relationship to place.
Wayne Price was born in South Wales and now lives in Aberdeen. He has published short stories and poetry in a number of anthologies and literary journals in the UK, Ireland and America and has been a prize-winner in several international short story and poetry competitions including the Bridport, the Fish Publishing Prize and the Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition. He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Aberdeen.
His stories feature in Bonne Route and The Route Book at Bedtime.
Dave Pescod studied visual arts and began writing jokes for radio and television. More recently after completing a Royal Literary Fund Mentor scheme he started writing prose. He has had stories published in magazines and broadcast on Radio 4.
His storie feature in Bonne Route and The Route Book at Bedtime.
M Y Alam is the author of two novels, Annie Potts is Dead and Kilo, has had several short stories published and is the editor of Made in Bradford. He is a researcher and teacher at the University of Bradford working in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities.
