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.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The course allows specialisation in the following strands: Prose , Creative Non-Fiction , Poetry , Scriptwriting (which is Skillset accredited) and Crime Fiction . In 2024, a new strand, MA Creative Writing, which allows students to work across different literary forms, was launched.[ 4] Andrew Cowan , Tessa McWatt , Tiffany Atkinson , Steve Waters , Kathryn Hughes , Lavinia Greenlaw , and Henry Sutton . Writers teaching on the course in recent years have included Amit Chaudhuri , Trezza Azzopardi , Giles Foden , Tobias Jones , James Lasdun , Jean McNeil and George Szirtes .
Writers such as Margaret Atwood , 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 [ 5] Ali Smith has been a Writing Fellow and Visiting Professor on the programme.[ 6] Tsitsi Dangarembga was the inaugural International Chair of Creative Writing.[ 7]
Nobel Prize winners [ edit ] Booker Prize winners [ edit ] Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Kazuo Ishiguro Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan Booker Prize winner Anne Enright Costa Book Award winners [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Historical novelist Tracy Chevalier Novelist John Boyne
Nicholas Allan (MA, 1981), children's authorMona Arshi (MA, 2012), Forward Prize-winning poetTrezza Azzopardi (MA, 1998), novelistMartyn Bedford (MA, 1994), novelistBrett Ellen Block (MA, 1998), authorPeter Bowker (MA, 1991), screenwriterJohn Boyne (MA, 1996), novelist[ 9] Aifric Campbell (MA, 2003), writerTracy Chevalier (MA, 1994), historical novelistCassandra Clark (MA, 1991),historical novelist
Judy Corbalis (MA, 1990), novelistAndrew Cowan (MA, 1985), novelistFflur Dafydd (MA, 2000), writerDonna Daley-Clarke (MA, 2001), novelistLouise Doughty (MA, 1987), novelistJoe Dunthorne (MA, 2005), novelistOliver Emanuel (MA, 2002), playwrightStephen Finucan (MA, 1996), short story writerDavid Flusfeder (MA, 1988), authorBo Fowler (MA, 1995), novelistRuth Gilligan (MA, 2011), writerTim Guest (MA, 1999), authorMohammed Hanif (MA, 2005), writerGraeme Harper (PhD, 1997), writerJane Harris (MA, 1992), novelist and screenwriterAlix Hawley (MA, 2002), novelistKathryn Hughes (MA, 1987), historianNaomi Ishiguro (MA, 2018), authorMick Jackson (MA, 1992), novelistChristopher James (MA, 2000), poetPanos Karnezis (MA, 2000), novelistLarissa Lai (MA, 2001), novelistHernán Lara Zavala (MA 1981), novelistJoanna Laurens (MA, 2003), playwrightÁgnes Lehóczky (MA, 2006), poetToby Litt (MA, 1995), novelistPhilip MacCann (MA), writerDeirdre Madden (MA, 1985), novelistRobert McGill (MA, 2002), writerSarah Emily Miano (MA, 2002), authorNeel Mukherjee (MA, 2001), writerPaul Murray (MA, 2001), novelistSandra Newman (MA, 2002), writerKathy Page (MA, 1988), novelistSandeep Parmar (MA, 2003), poetChristine Pountney (MA, 1997), authorDina Rabinovitch (MA, 2000), journalist and writerBen Rice (MA, 2000), novelistEliza Robertson (MA, 2012), authorAnthony Sattin (MA, 1984), writerSimon Scarrow (MA, 1992), authorJames Scudamore (MA, 2004), novelistOwen Sheers (MA, 1998), author, poet and playwrightJeremy Sheldon (MA, 1996), novelistRobert Sheppard (MA, 1979), poetKathryn Simmonds (MA, 2002), poetRob Magnuson Smith (MA 2010), novelistPaul Stewart (MA, 1979), writerJulia Stuart (MA, 2013), novelistTodd Swift (MA, 2004), poetRebecca Tamás (PHD, 2017), poet and essayistMark Tilton (MA, 1997), screenwriterCarol Topolski (MA, 2004), novelistErica Wagner (MA, 1991), author and literary editor of The Times Craig Warner (MA, 2013), playwright and screenwriterMatt Whyman (MA, 1992), novelistClare Wigfall (MA, 2000), writerLuke Williams (MA, 2002), authorD. W. Wilson (MA, 2010), authorJennifer Wong (MA, 2009), writer and poetYan Ge (MA, 2020), novelist
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