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First Story

England's leading creative writing charity for young people

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  • Programmes
    • Young Writers Programme
    • Young Writers Festival
    • Summer residential
    • Folio Mentorships
    • National Writing Day
  • Writers
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    • Who we work with
    • Becoming a First Story writer
  • Schools
    • Partner schools HUB
    • Free writing resources
    • BBC Teach x First Story resources
    • Becoming a First Story partner school
  • Locations
    • North of England
    • East Midlands
    • Greater London
  • About
    • About us
    • Our impact
    • Staff and trustees
    • Vacancies
  • Support
    • Ways to support
    • Make a donation

Who we work with

Our writers

First Story was co-founded by a professional writer and within our founding charitable objectives is a commitment to promote the value of arts and culture, in particular literature, poetry and creative writing. We do this, in part, by commissioning professional writers to deliver our flagship Young Writers Programme. We value the skills of our writers and pay them fairly for their work. We delight in the successes of former First Story Writers-in-Residence, like Juno Dawson, Dean Atta and Monique Roffey, as much as we're immensely proud of the talent and achievements of our current practitioners. First Story writers, past and present, are an extended family and we embrace opportunities to work together to inspire young people.

 


Writers' profiles

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Adam Kammerling

Adam Kammerling

Adam Kammerling
Adam Z Robinson

Adam Z. Robinson

Adam Z. Robinson
Alan Buckley

Alan Buckley

Alan Buckley
Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington

Andy Craven-Griffiths

Andy Craven-Griffiths
Andrew Graves

Andrew Graves

Andrew Graves
Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou
Anthony Cartwright

Anthony Cartwright

Anthony Cartwright
Anthony Cropper

Anthony Cropper

Anthony Cropper
Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Ben Mellor

Ben Mellor

Ben Mellor
Bridget Minamore

Bridget Minamore

Bridget Minamore
Cassandra Parkin

Cassandra Parkin

Cassandra Parkin
Cecilia Knapp

Cecilia Knapp

Cecilia Knapp
Christina Lewis

Christina Lewis

Christina Lewis
Dan Powell

Dan Powell

Dan Powell
Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson
Daniel Ingram-Brown

Daniel Ingram-Brown

Daniel Ingram-Brown
Danielle Jawando

Danielle Jawando

Danielle Jawando
Darragh Martin

Darragh Martin

Darragh Martin
Dean Atta

Dean Atta

Dean Atta
Francesca Beard (photo copyright: Suzi Corker)

Francesca Beard

Francesca Beard
Hannah Silva

Hannah Silva

Hannah Silva
Ioney Smallhorne

Ioney Smallhorne

Ioney Smallhorne
Irene Lofthouse

Irene Lofthouse

Irene Lofthouse
Irfan Master

Irfan Master

Irfan Master
James Varney

James Varney

James Varney
Jarred McGinnis

Jarred McGinnis

Jarred McGinnis
Jasmine Cooray

Jasmine Cooray

Jasmine Cooray
Jim Hall

Jim Hall

Jim Hall

Joe Hakim

Joe Hakim
Joe Marsh

Joe Marsh

Joe Marsh
John Berkavitch

John Berkavitch

John Berkavitch
Kerry Drewery

Kerry Drewery

Kerry Drewery

Kevin Fegan

Kevin Fegan
Khadijah Ibrahim

Khadijah Ibrahim

Khadijah Ibrahim
Lee Harrison

Lee Harrison

Lee Harrison

Leanne Moden

Leanne Moden

Lewis Buxton

Lewis Buxton

Louise Beech

Louise Beech
Mark Gwynne Jones

Mark Gwynne Jones

Mark Gwynne Jones
Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott
Maureen Lennon

Maureen Lennon

Maureen Lennon
Michelle Madsen

Michelle Madsen

Michelle Madsen
Nick Conroy

Nick Conroy

Nick Conroy
Nick Toczek (Photo by Gaynor Toczek)

Nick Toczek

Nick Toczek
Nik Perring

Nik Perring

Nik Perring
Paula Rawsthorne

Paula Rawsthorne

Paula Rawsthorne
Peter Hobbs

Peter Hobbs

Peter Hobbs
Rachel Seiffert

Rachel Seiffert

Rachel Seiffert
Rebecca Tantony

Rebecca Tantony

Rebecca Tantony
Ross Raisin

Ross Raisin

Ross Raisin
Russ Litten

Russ Litten

Russ Litten
Sai Murray

Sai Murray

Sai Murray
Saju Iqbal Ahmed

Saju Iqbal Ahmed

Saju Iqbal Ahmed
Sanjida O'Connell; ©Barbara Evripidou, 2016

Sanjida O’Connell

Sanjida O’Connell

Sian Tower

Sian Tower
Sonya Hundal

Sonya Hundal

Sonya Hundal

SJ Bradley

SJ Bradley
Stephanie Cross

Stephanie Cross

Stephanie Cross
Steve Cawte

Steve Cawte

Steve Cawte
Steven Camden

Steven Camden

Steven Camden
Tanaka Mhishi

Tanaka Mhishi

Tanaka Mhishi
Testament

Testament

Testament

Theresa Lola

Theresa Lola
Vicky Foster

Vicky Foster

Vicky Foster

Xanthi Barker

Xanthi Barker

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