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<h2 id="notable-alumni">Notable alumni</h2> <h3>Nobel Prize winners</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kazuo_Ishiguro/uuqpcolm">Kazuo Ishiguro</a> (MA, 1980), 2017 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature/wWVXbIbp">Nobel Prize in Literature</a> laureate</li></ul> <h3>Booker Prize winners</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anne_Enright/x8SfmHbI">Anne Enright</a> (MA, 1987), 2007 <a href="/facts/Booker_Prize/P0yfbNIl">Booker Prize</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/The_Gathering_(Enright_novel)/TgtCpq5H">The Gathering</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kazuo_Ishiguro/uuqpcolm">Kazuo Ishiguro</a> (MA, 1980), 1989 <a href="/facts/Booker_Prize/P0yfbNIl">Booker Prize</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/The_Remains_of_the_Day/hf1QlcRx">The Remains of the Day</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ian_McEwan/PXGkrqgT">Ian McEwan</a> (MA, 1971), 1998 <a href="/facts/Booker_Prize/P0yfbNIl">Booker Prize</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/Amsterdam_(novel)/qcohXt7R">Amsterdam</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Costa Book Award winners</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tash_Aw/0KQUYVKC">Tash Aw</a> (MA, 2003), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Whitbread Book Award</a> winner in the 2005 First Novel category for <i><a href="/facts/The_Harmony_Silk_Factory/SvaGy1GA">The Harmony Silk Factory</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Fletcher_(British_author)/0BF43Afu">Susan Fletcher</a> (MA, 2002), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Whitbread Book Award</a> winner in the 2004 First Novel category for <i><a href="/facts/Eve_Green/0BF43Afu">Eve Green</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Foulds/syA10nN1">Adam Foulds</a> (MA, 2000), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Costa Book Award</a> winner in the 2008 Poetry category for <i>The Broken Word</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Emma_Healey/GNmIIIko">Emma Healey</a> (MA, 2011), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Costa Book Award</a> winner in the 2014 First Novel category for <i><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_is_Missing/0SkNAHox">Elizabeth is Missing</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Andrew_Miller_(novelist)/EmCKGgm6">Andrew Miller</a> (MA, 1991), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Costa Book Award</a> winner in the 2011 Novel category for <i><a href="/facts/Pure_(Miller_novel)/11XG5LuN">Pure</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Monique_Roffey/dX46IMQW">Monique Roffey</a> (BA, 1987), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Costa Book Award</a> winner in the 2020 Novel category for <i><a href="/facts/The_Mermaid_of_Black_Conch/msgjrYKn">The Mermaid of Black Conch</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Christie_Watson/nLUmuxKd">Christie Watson</a> (MA, 2009), <a href="/facts/Costa_Book_Awards/kIpH8K9f">Costa Book Award</a> winner in the 2011 First Novel category for <i>Tiny Sunbirds Far Away</i></li></ul> <h3>Women's Prize for Fiction winners</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Naomi_Alderman/wRdgVKSc">Naomi Alderman</a> (MA, 2003), 2017 <a href="/facts/Women%27s_Prize_for_Fiction/4zdaYbS0">Women's Prize for Fiction</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/The_Power_(Alderman_novel)/2fbkX1Du">The Power</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rose_Tremain/sEedY3nC">Rose Tremain</a> (BA, 1967), 2008 <a href="/facts/Women%27s_Prize_for_Fiction/4zdaYbS0">Women's Prize for Fiction</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/The_Road_Home_(novel)/8MrSGuHs">The Road Home</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Betty Trask Award & Prize winners</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rowan_Hisayo_Buchanan/PLLHfrWz">Rowan Hisayo Buchanan</a> (PHD, 2019) 2017 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>Harmless Like You</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sam_Byers/cyXjJzUj">Sam Byers</a> (MA, 2003; PHD, 2014) 2014 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>Idiopathy</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anthony_Cartwright_(writer)/4jvTlwGI">Anthony Cartwright</a> (BA, 1996) 2004 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>The Afterglow</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Cross_(author)/Jlv5XpvN">Helen Cross</a> (MA, 1997) 2002 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>My Summer of Love</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Suzannah_Dunn/tAgCldTy">Suzannah Dunn</a> (MA, 1989) 1991 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>Quite Contrary</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Elderkin/coIHefl1">Susan Elderkin</a> (MA, 1994) 2000 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/Sunset_Over_Chocolate_Mountains/Fu30IPBA">Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Diana_Evans/0Ma5os1B">Diana Evans</a> (MA, 2003) 2005 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>26a</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Fletcher_(British_author)/0BF43Afu">Susan Fletcher</a> (MA, 2002) 2005 Betty Trask Prize winner for <i>Eve Green</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Foulds/syA10nN1">Adam Foulds</a> (MA, 2000) 2007 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>The Truth About These Strange Times</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Imogen_Hermes_Gowar/gtIT3Qs6">Imogen Hermes Gowar</a> (MA, 2014) 2019 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Emma_Healey/GNmIIIko">Emma Healey</a> (MA, 2011) 2015 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_is_Missing/0SkNAHox">Elizabeth is Missing</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anjali_Joseph/l9Xhnqc9">Anjali Joseph</a> (MA, 2008; PHD, 2013) 2011 Betty Trask Prize winner for <i><a href="/facts/Saraswati_Park/GQqJAacE">Saraswati Park</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frances_Liardet/YbXYfTy1">Frances Liardet</a> (MA, 1998) 1994 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>The Game</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nicola_Monaghan/QGSdrmWB">Nicola Monaghan</a> (MA, 2018) 2006 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/The_Killing_Jar_(novel)/q8Y7cmWX">The Killing Jar</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Glenn_Patterson/y7yqv7Nm">Glenn Patterson</a> (MA, 1986) 1988 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>Burning Your Own</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Natasha_Pulley/Lv7zsPVF">Natasha Pulley</a> (MA, 2012) 2017 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i>The Watchmaker of Filigree Street</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phil_Whitaker/0AmlBrPQ">Phil Whitaker</a> (MA, 1996) 1998 <a href="/facts/Betty_Trask_Award/z0WHpYcD">Betty Trask Award</a> winner for <i><a href="/facts/Eclipse_of_the_Sun/2XsCFG1a">Eclipse of the Sun</a></i></li></ul> <h3>James Tait Black Memorial Prize winners</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ian_McEwan/PXGkrqgT">Ian McEwan</a> (MA, 1971) <a href="/facts/James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize/V8Ga2FGB">James Tait Black Memorial Prize</a> winner in the 2005 Fiction category for <i><a href="/facts/Saturday/m85ekHzH">Saturday</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Andrew_Miller_(novelist)/EmCKGgm6">Andrew Miller</a> (MA, 1991) <a href="/facts/James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize/V8Ga2FGB">James Tait Black Memorial Prize</a> winner in the 1997 Fiction category for <i><a href="/facts/Ingenious_Pain/GfNE23I7">Ingenious Pain</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rose_Tremain/sEedY3nC">Rose Tremain</a> (BA, 1967) <a href="/facts/James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize/V8Ga2FGB">James Tait Black Memorial Prize</a> winner in the 1993 Fiction category for <i><a href="/facts/Sacred_Country/k4kek4LY">Sacred Country</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Other alumni</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nicholas_Allan/kmC0KKqD">Nicholas Allan</a> (MA, 1981), children's author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mona_Arshi/gTBNg9mu">Mona Arshi</a> (MA, 2012), Forward Prize-winning poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Trezza_Azzopardi/7M9aJ4VH">Trezza Azzopardi</a> (MA, 1998), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martyn_Bedford/4Wp9qqY9">Martyn Bedford</a> (MA, 1994), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brett_Ellen_Block/qx0My8Bb">Brett Ellen Block</a> (MA, 1998), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Bowker/xwUlIsGn">Peter Bowker</a> (MA, 1991), screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Boyne/gEGPWnpj">John Boyne</a> (MA, 1996), novelist<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Aifric_Campbell/DtUHITmA">Aifric Campbell</a> (MA, 2003), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tracy_Chevalier/JVxM5xtQ">Tracy Chevalier</a> (MA, 1994), historical novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Judy_Corbalis/JLCyfBlg">Judy Corbalis</a> (MA, 1990), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Andrew_Cowan_(writer)/zwc1TKbo">Andrew Cowan</a> (MA, 1985), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fflur_Dafydd/I88xGgEq">Fflur Dafydd</a> (MA, 2000), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Donna_Daley-Clarke/4tsUsTYn">Donna Daley-Clarke</a> (MA, 2001), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Doughty/ujcdn7ks">Louise Doughty</a> (MA, 1987), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joe_Dunthorne/QUv6TWjI">Joe Dunthorne</a> (MA, 2005), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oliver_Emanuel/KkEnMlIe">Oliver Emanuel</a> (MA, 2002), playwright</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephen_Finucan/kJYXXjHK">Stephen Finucan</a> (MA, 1996), short story writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Flusfeder/XSAR45rb">David Flusfeder</a> (MA, 1988), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bo_Fowler/dNfMbANC">Bo Fowler</a> (MA, 1995), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Gilligan/78L9Prn6">Ruth Gilligan</a> (MA, 2011), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tim_Guest/y5e7Fgdc">Tim Guest</a> (MA, 1999), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mohammed_Hanif/AdCAPC3X">Mohammed Hanif</a> (MA, 2005), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Graeme_Harper_(writer)/0px2jRH1">Graeme Harper</a> (PhD, 1997), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jane_Harris_(writer)/0qAL1qXN">Jane Harris</a> (MA, 1992), novelist and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alix_Hawley/nshpaRYz">Alix Hawley</a> (MA, 2002), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kathryn_Hughes/5fKtk7hX">Kathryn Hughes</a> (MA, 1987), historian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mick_Jackson_(author)/U7BtDN8c">Mick Jackson</a> (MA, 1992), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christopher_James_(poet)/EkQPIxLH">Christopher James</a> (MA, 2000), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Panos_Karnezis/wfJkz1Mw">Panos Karnezis</a> (MA, 2000), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Larissa_Lai/koVP9aKh">Larissa Lai</a> (MA, 2001), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hern%C3%A1n_Lara_Zavala/hHlUCpYX">Hernán Lara Zavala</a> (MA 1981), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joanna_Laurens/eNtedqm2">Joanna Laurens</a> (MA, 2003), playwright</li> <li><a href="/facts/%C3%81gnes_Leh%C3%B3czky/Ba4VS9ma">Ágnes Lehóczky</a> (MA, 2006), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Toby_Litt/l2u2V3Qj">Toby Litt</a> (MA, 1995), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_MacCann/MPNvWjAA">Philip MacCann</a> (MA), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Deirdre_Madden/d3tDHDdh">Deirdre Madden</a> (MA, 1985), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_McGill_(writer)/ahJPbovg">Robert McGill</a> (MA, 2002), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sarah_Emily_Miano/0QogJhvk">Sarah Emily Miano</a> (MA, 2002), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Neel_Mukherjee_(writer)/5PKfY9rb">Neel Mukherjee</a> (MA, 2001), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Murray_(author)/bzjUh7rv">Paul Murray</a> (MA, 2001), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sandra_Newman/hd1EV4IU">Sandra Newman</a> (MA, 2002), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kathy_Page/CMVSNT1l">Kathy Page</a> (MA, 1988), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sandeep_Parmar/F2vmRIQU">Sandeep Parmar</a> (MA, 2003), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christine_Pountney/GGKWtIcm">Christine Pountney</a> (MA, 1997), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dina_Rabinovitch/nwIbzMIR">Dina Rabinovitch</a> (MA, 2000), journalist and writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ben_Rice_(author)/3RYy2PkT">Ben Rice</a> (MA, 2000), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eliza_Robertson/f2jh8xEX">Eliza Robertson</a> (MA, 2012), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anthony_Sattin/V1gF9dpI">Anthony Sattin</a> (MA, 1984), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Simon_Scarrow/Qfeft25H">Simon Scarrow</a> (MA, 1992), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Scudamore_(author)/do1a1bQm">James Scudamore</a> (MA, 2004), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Owen_Sheers/wkn7DKQb">Owen Sheers</a> (MA, 1998), author, poet and playwright</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeremy_Sheldon/xfwkPwu0">Jeremy Sheldon</a> (MA, 1996), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Sheppard_(poet)/x01Q7NT2">Robert Sheppard</a> (MA, 1979), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kathryn_Simmonds/MjApquw2">Kathryn Simmonds</a> (MA, 2002), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rob_Magnuson_Smith/36Vh5YJF">Rob Magnuson Smith</a> (MA 2010), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Stewart_(writer)/jPB88YL5">Paul Stewart</a> (MA, 1979), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Julia_Stuart/cMHuQyEJ">Julia Stuart</a> (MA, 2013), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Todd_Swift/hgHCvXbb">Todd Swift</a> (MA, 2004), poet</li> <li>Rebecca Tamás (PHD, 2017), poet and essayist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_Tilton/D2JEjNen">Mark Tilton</a> (MA, 1997), screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carol_Topolski/okaDST1F">Carol Topolski</a> (MA, 2004), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Erica_Wagner/PWR6tCxh">Erica Wagner</a> (MA, 1991), author and literary editor of <a href="/facts/The_Times/5BwkodnX">The Times</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Craig_Warner/n9DS57yn">Craig Warner</a> (MA, 2013), playwright and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matt_Whyman/GmFa2d48">Matt Whyman</a> (MA, 1992), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clare_Wigfall/xkThl9yN">Clare Wigfall</a> (MA, 2000), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Luke_Williams_(author)/6luRbnxa">Luke Williams</a> (MA, 2002), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/D._W._Wilson/kcFduRMP">D. W. Wilson</a> (MA, 2010), author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jennifer_Wong/gUBTzv6K">Jennifer Wong</a> (MA, 2009), writer and poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yan_Ge/lVMvvbSQ">Yan Ge</a> (MA, 2020), novelist</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/web/about/school-of-literature-drama-and-creative-writing/creative-writing">UEA Creative Writing</a> webpages</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Barnett, Laura (16 November 2011). "Is the UEA creative writing course still the best?". The Guardian. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/16/uea-creative-writing-course-best" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/16/uea-creative-writing-course-best</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Creative writing graduates will 'never make a living as novelists', says Self | the Bookseller". <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/self-says-literature-becoming-giant-quilting-exercise-1001681" target="_blank">https://www.thebookseller.com/news/self-says-literature-becoming-giant-quilting-exercise-1001681</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The write stuff - Prospect Magazine". <a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/creative-writing-courses-ian-mcewan" target="_blank">https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/creative-writing-courses-ian-mcewan</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"University of East Anglia to deliver a new Creative Writing MA course for the new creative economy". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 8 November 2024. <a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/university-of-east-anglia-to-deliver-a-new-creative-writing-ma-course-for-the-new-creative-economy" target="_blank">https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/university-of-east-anglia-to-deliver-a-new-creative-writing-ma-course-for-the-new-creative-economy</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Ian McEwan (1995). "Class Work". <a href="/wiki/Ian_McEwan" target="_blank">/wiki/Ian_McEwan</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Ali Smith receives honorary degree". www.newwriting.net. Retrieved 8 November 2024. <a href="https://www.newwriting.net/2016/08/ali-smith-receives-honorary-degree-from-uea/" target="_blank">https://www.newwriting.net/2016/08/ali-smith-receives-honorary-degree-from-uea/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"International Chair of Creative Writing". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 8 November 2024. <a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/creative/international-chair-of-creative-writing" target="_blank">https://www.uea.ac.uk/creative/international-chair-of-creative-writing</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 - Biobibliographical Notes". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 5 October 2017. <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2017/bio-bibl.html" target="_blank">https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2017/bio-bibl.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Boyne, John (5 October 2017). "Kazuo Ishiguro deserves Nobel prize but others deserve it more". The Irish Times. Ishiguro will make a fine laureate and, from one graduate of the University of East Anglia's creative writing programme to another, it's hats off. <a href="/wiki/John_Boyne" target="_blank">/wiki/John_Boyne</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>