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The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Course was founded by
Sir Malcolm Bradbury and
Sir Angus Wilson in 1970. The M.A. has been regarded among the most prestigious in the United Kingdom.
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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
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Notable alumni
Nobel Prize winners
Booker Prize winners
Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize winner
Ian McEwan
Booker Prize winner
Anne Enright
Costa Book Award winners
Costa Book Award winner
Adam Foulds
Tash Aw (MA, 2003),
Whitbread Book Award winner in the 2005 First Novel category for
The Harmony Silk Factory
Susan Fletcher (MA, 2002),
Whitbread Book Award winner in the 2004 First Novel category for
Eve Green
Adam Foulds (MA, 2000),
Costa Book Award winner in the 2008 Poetry category for The Broken Word
Emma Healey (MA, 2011),
Costa Book Award winner in the 2014 First Novel category for
Elizabeth is Missing
Andrew Miller (MA, 1991),
Costa Book Award winner in the 2011 Novel category for
Pure
Monique Roffey (BA, 1987),
Costa Book Award winner in the 2020 Novel category for
The Mermaid of Black Conch
Christie Watson (MA, 2009),
Costa Book Award winner in the 2011 First Novel category for Tiny Sunbirds Far Away
Women's Prize for Fiction winners
Betty Trask Award & Prize winners
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (PHD, 2019) 2017
Betty Trask Award winner for Harmless Like You
Sam Byers (MA, 2003; PHD, 2014) 2014
Betty Trask Award winner for Idiopathy
Anthony Cartwright (BA, 1996) 2004
Betty Trask Award winner for The Afterglow
Helen Cross (MA, 1997) 2002
Betty Trask Award winner for My Summer of Love
Suzannah Dunn (MA, 1989) 1991
Betty Trask Award winner for Quite Contrary
Susan Elderkin (MA, 1994) 2000
Betty Trask Award winner for
Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains
Diana Evans (MA, 2003) 2005
Betty Trask Award winner for 26a
Susan Fletcher (MA, 2002) 2005 Betty Trask Prize winner for Eve Green
Adam Foulds (MA, 2000) 2007
Betty Trask Award winner for The Truth About These Strange Times
Imogen Hermes Gowar (MA, 2014) 2019
Betty Trask Award winner for The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Emma Healey (MA, 2011) 2015
Betty Trask Award winner for
Elizabeth is Missing
Anjali Joseph (MA, 2008; PHD, 2013) 2011 Betty Trask Prize winner for
Saraswati Park
Frances Liardet (MA, 1998) 1994
Betty Trask Award winner for The Game
Nicola Monaghan (MA, 2018) 2006
Betty Trask Award winner for
The Killing Jar
Glenn Patterson (MA, 1986) 1988
Betty Trask Award winner for Burning Your Own
Natasha Pulley (MA, 2012) 2017
Betty Trask Award winner for The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Phil Whitaker (MA, 1996) 1998
Betty Trask Award winner for
Eclipse of the Sun
James Tait Black Memorial Prize winners
Other alumni
Historical novelist
Tracy Chevalier
Novelist
John Boyne
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
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Aifric Campbell (MA, 2003), writer
Tracy Chevalier (MA, 1994), historical novelist
Judy Corbalis (MA, 1990), novelist
Andrew Cowan (MA, 1985), novelist
Fflur Dafydd (MA, 2000), writer
Donna Daley-Clarke (MA, 2001), novelist
Louise Doughty (MA, 1987), novelist
Joe Dunthorne (MA, 2005), novelist
Oliver Emanuel (MA, 2002), playwright
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
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
Panos Karnezis (MA, 2000), novelist
Larissa Lai (MA, 2001), novelist
Hernán Lara Zavala (MA 1981), novelist
Joanna Laurens (MA, 2003), playwright
Ágnes Lehóczky (MA, 2006), poet
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
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
Rebecca Tamás (PHD, 2017), poet and essayist
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
Yan Ge (MA, 2020), novelist
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