Emily Utter
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Emily is originally from Hamilton, Ontario but has lived in Aberdeen, Scotland for thirteen years. She completed a Master of Letters in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen in 2012 and went on to complete her PhD in 2016.
She writes short stories, flash fiction, and creative non-fiction. Her writing has been featured internationally in publications from Scotland, Canada, Australia, and the United States.
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Her novel-in-progress, THE NIGHT ROOM, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize Trust/Curtis Brown/Audible 'Discoveries Prize' in May 2023. She was awarded time-to-write funding from Creative Scotland to finish and revise the novel in 2023/24.
Emily is the Writer in Residence at Roxburghe House, Aberdeen's specialist palliative care hospital in Aberdeen. She also facilitates creative writing workshops in the city and shire.
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Emily has been a Creative Writing lecturer at North East Scotland College since 2019. She has also lectured at the University of Aberdeen as a Teaching Fellow and is an Honorary Fellow of the WORD Centre for Creative Writing.
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Emily is represented by Lucy Morris and Viola Hayden at Curtis Brown Books.
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Photo courtesy of Chris Henderson