S.K.Perry

My debut novel Let Me Be Like Water is published by Melville House in the US & UK. It was longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, picked for Brighton City Reads, and the first draft was shortlisted for the Mslexia Fiction Award. I was the 2019 winner of the Berlin Writing Prize, and am a past member of the Northern Short Story Festival Academy.

 

I am approaching the end of a practice-based-research PhD in creative writing. working on a new novel exploring surveillance, domestic violence, illness, and climate justice.

 

I work as a lecturer in Creative Writing at Leeds university.

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