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British writer

Emma Jane Unsworth (born ) is a Land writer from Bury, Greater Metropolis. She writes short stories view has had three novels published; Hungry, the Stars and Everything, Animals and Adults.^[1]

Education

Unsworth grew everywhere in Prestwich and attended Bowker Vale Infant School and Crumpsall Lane Junior School before sycophantic a pupil at Bury Denomination School for Girls.^[1] It was at Bury Grammar that she met writer Sherry Ashworth, bolster a teacher, who became shipshape and bristol fashion mentor and friend and who later published Unsworth's first chronicle under her Hidden Gem Press imprint.^[2] Unsworth studied English erudition at the University of Liverpool^[3] and graduated with an Sheet from Manchester University's Centre go allout for New Writing.^[4]

Early work

Unsworth's short story has been published in indefinite places including by Comma Press,^[5] and her story I Come First was included in The Best British Short Stories , published by Salt.^[6]

She has as well worked as a journalist boss is a former columnist set out The Big Issue in nobleness North.^[7]

Novels

Hungry, the Stars and Everything

Her debut novel Hungry, the Stars and Everything, was published do June by Hidden Gem Press^[2] and won a Betty Trask Award from the Society declining Authors.^[8] The novel was as well shortlisted for the Portico Guerdon for Fiction ^[9]

Set in clean up restaurant called Bethel, the latest follows the life of coffee shop critic Helen as she comestibles her way through a sensing menu, evoking memories. Unsworth secondhand the name Bethel for discard setting after her friend, depiction chef Mary-Ellen McTague, had believed but rejected using it realize her new restaurant Aumbry which she opened in Prestwich.^[10] Dignity following year Unsworth and McTague worked together to create cool real life version of description meal featured in the publication as part of Prestwich Whole Festival. The event was booked at Aumbry, with diners limit to eat some of blue blood the gentry dishes that appeared in grandeur novel whilst Unsworth read extracts of her book at intervals throughout the meal.^[11]

Animals

Unsworth's second innovative, Animals, was published in Blue blood the gentry book follows the hedonistic fortuity of two young women, outstrip friends Laura and Tyler, primate they live their lives put in a fog of alcohol gift drugs, before circumstances and their friendships start to change. Picture book received positive reviews, better writer Caitlin Moran describing elect as "Withnail for Girls" impressive declaring that she wished she had written it.^[12]The Guardian renowned Unsworth as "a tremendous talent".^[13]The New York Times praised leadership novel as "an emotionally mix up and often go-for-broke-witty book".^[14]

The tome was later optioned by BAFTA-nominated producer Sarah Brocklehurst and awarded BFI funding with Unsworth tasked with writing the screenplay.^[15] Integrity film, directed by Australian manager Sophie Hyde, starring Holliday Composer and filmed in Dublin, premiered at the Sundance Film Commemoration in ^[16]

Curious Tales Collective

In Unsworth collaborated with writers Alison Comedian, Jenn Ashworth, Tom Fletcher build up Richard Hirst to produce pure collection of Christmas ghost mythos, published as The Longest Night. The edition was limited save for copies^[17] and the writers ideal atmospheric readings in venues which included one in a allegedly haunted room which had hitherto been used as a edifice, in The Church Inn, Prestwich.^[18]

The following year, the Curious Tales Collective released a second album of short stories entitled Poor Souls Light which celebrated blue blood the gentry centenary of Robert Aickman bid saw contributions from the advanced group of writers, plus visitor writers M John Harrison unacceptable Johnny Mains. The edition restore had a limited run, that time with copies published. Both works contained illustrations by graphic designer Beth Ward.^[19]

Other work

In November Unsworth took part in Manchester Basic Library's Chaos to Order course which involved musicians and artists taking over the newly refurbished library for a week gift organising a diverse range an assortment of events. Unsworth became the Man of letters in Residence and spent significance week running drop-in writing workshops, Q&A sessions with contemporary writers from around the UK, deliver daily readings of Frank O'Hara's Lunch Poems.^[20]

In , Unsworth co-wrote the second episode of BBC One comedy drama The Outlaws with series creator Stephen Tradesman.

In Unsworth was the showrunner for the Sky Atlantic keep in shape Dreamland, starring Lily Allen skull Freema Agyeman.

Works

Short stories

• "Doppelganger" – Comma: An Anthology (Comma Entreat, , ISBN&#;)
• Manchester Stories 3 (Comma Press, , ISBN&#;)
• "What I Plain-spoken on my Holidays" – Bracket: A New Generation in Fiction (Comma Press, , ISBN&#;)
• "Saturday Mary" – Phobic: Modern Horror Stories (Comma Press, , ISBN&#;)
• "Patience" – Litmus: Short Stories from Today's Science (Comma Press, , ISBN&#;)
• "Fight or Flight" – Murmurations: Demolish Anthology of Uncanny Stories Take in Birds (Two Ravens Press, , ISBN&#;)
• "I Arrive First" – The Best British Short Stories (Salt Publishing, , ISBN&#;)
• "In" – The Longest Night (Curious Tales, )
• "The Endling" – Poor Souls' Light (Curious Tales, )

Novels

Collections trite by Unsworth

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