Michael Stewart

I'm a writer based in Bradford. I have won several awards for my scriptwriting, including the BBC Alfred Bradley Bursary Award and the King’s Cross Award for New Writing. My short fiction has been published in Tears In The Fence, Brand Literary Magazine, Riptide, The Reader Magazine, and many other places.My debut novel, King Crow, was published by Bluemoose Books in 2011. It is the winner of The Guardian’s Not The Booker Award. It was selected by World Book Night as a recommended read and by Writing North for their Read Regional campaign. I teach Creative Writing at The University of Huddersfield where I am course leader and editor of Grist Books. My new novel, Cafe Assassin, was published by Bluemoose Books in March 2015. I continues to write for BBC Radio 4. www.michael-stewart.org.uk