The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Course was founded by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson in 1970. The M.A. is widely regarded as the most prestigious and successful in the country and competition for places is notoriously tough.
The course is split into four strands: Prose, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry and Scriptwriting (which is Skillset accredited). All four result in an M.A. qualification upon successful completion of the course. The Course Directors are currently Andrew Cowan, Kathryn Hughes, Lavinia Greenlaw and Val Taylor respectively. Course tutors include Amit Chaudhuri, Trezza Azzopardi, Giles Foden, Tobias Jones, James Lasdun, Jean McNeil, Margaret Atwood and George Szirtes.
Writers such as Angela Carter, Rose Tremain, Andrew Motion, W. G. Sebald, Michèle Roberts and Patricia Duncker have also taught on the course.
Writers-in-residence have included Alan Burns and Margaret Attwood.
Notable alumni
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Nobel Prize Winners
- Kazuo Ishiguro (MA, 1980), 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate and Booker Prizeâ€"winning author
Booker Prize winners
- Anne Enright (MA, 1987), Booker Prizeâ€"winning author
- Kazuo Ishiguro (MA, 1980), 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate and Booker Prizeâ€"winning author
- Ian McEwan (MA, 1971), Booker Prizeâ€"winning author
Costa Book Award winners
- Tash Aw (MA, 2003), Whitbread Book Awardâ€"winning novelist
- Susan Fletcher (MA, 2002), Whitbread Book Awardâ€"winning novelist
- Adam Foulds (MA, 2001), Costa Book Awardâ€"winning poet
- Emma Healey (MA, 2011), Costa Book Awardâ€"winning poet
- Andrew Miller (MA, 1991), Costa Book Awardâ€"winning novelist
- Christie Watson (MA, 2009), Costa Book Awardâ€"winning novelist
Other alumni
- Naomi Alderman (MA, 2003), novelist
- Nicholas Allan (MA, 1981), children's author
- Mona Arshi (MA, 2012), Forward Prize-winning poet
- Trezza Azzopardi (MA, 1998), novelist
- Martyn Bedford (MA, 1994), novelist
- Brett Ellen Block (MA, 1998), author
- Peter Bowker (MA, 1991), screenwriter
- John Boyne (MA, 1996), novelist
- Aifric Campbell (MA, 2003), writer
- Tracy Chevalier (MA, 1994), historical novelist
- Judy Corbalis (MA, 1990), novelist
- Andrew Cowan (MA, 1985), novelist
- Helen Cross (MA, 1998), novelist
- Fflur Dafydd (MA, 2000), writer
- Donna Daley-Clarke (MA, 2001), novelist
- Louise Doughty (MA, 1987), novelist
- Suzannah Dunn (MA, 1989), novelist
- Joe Dunthorne (MA, 2005), novelist
- Susan Elderkin (MA, 1994), author
- Oliver Emanuel (MA, 2002), playwright
- Diana Evans (MA, 2003), novelist
- Stephen Finucan (MA, 1996), short story writer
- David Flusfeder (MA, 1988), author
- Bo Fowler (MA, 1995), novelist
- Ruth Gilligan (MA, 2011), writer
- Tim Guest (MA, 1999), author
- Stephanie Hale (MA, 1993), writer
- Mohammed Hanif (MA, 2005), writer
- Jane Harris (MA, 1992), novelist and screenwriter
- Alix Hawley (MA, 2002), novelist
- Kathryn Hughes (MA, 1987), historian
- Mick Jackson (MA, 1992), novelist
- Christopher James (MA, 2000), poet
- Anjali Joseph (MA, 2008), author
- Panos Karnezis (MA, 2000), novelist
- Larissa Lai (MA, 2001), novelist
- Hernán Lara Zavala (MA 1981), novelist
- Joanna Laurens (MA, 2003), playwright
- Ãgnes Lehóczky (MA, 2006), poet
- Frances Liardet (MA, 2000), translator of Arabic literature
- Toby Litt (MA, 1995), novelist
- Philip MacCann (MA), writer
- Deirdre Madden (MA, 1985), novelist
- Robert McGill (MA, 2002), writer
- Sarah Emily Miano (MA, 2002), author
- Neel Mukherjee (MA, 2001), writer
- Paul Murray (MA, 2001), novelist
- Sandra Newman (MA, 2002), writer
- Kathy Page (MA, 1988), novelist
- Glenn Patterson (MA, 1986), novelist
- Christine Pountney (MA, 1997), author
- Dina Rabinovitch (MA, 2000), journalist and writer
- Ben Rice (MA, 2000), novelist
- Eliza Robertson (MA, 2012), author
- Anthony Sattin (MA, 1984), writer
- Simon Scarrow (MA, 1992), author
- James Scudamore (MA, 2004), novelist
- Owen Sheers (MA, 1998), author, poet and playwright
- Jeremy Sheldon (MA, 1996), novelist
- Robert Sheppard (MA, 1979), poet
- Kathryn Simmonds (MA, 2002), poet
- Rob Magnuson Smith (MA 2010), novelist
- Paul Stewart (MA, 1979), writer
- Julia Stuart (MA, 2013), novelist
- Todd Swift (MA, 2004), poet
- Mark Tilton (MA, 1997), screenwriter
- Carol Topolski (MA, 2004), novelist
- Erica Wagner (MA, 1991), author and literary editor of The Times
- Craig Warner (MA, 2013), playwright and screenwriter
- Matt Whyman (MA, 1992), novelist
- Clare Wigfall (MA, 2000), writer
- Luke Williams (MA, 2002), author
- D. W. Wilson (MA, 2010), author
- Jennifer Wong (MA, 2009), writer and poet
External links
- UEA Creative Writing webpages
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