Clare Fisher – Ghostwriter

I gave a guest lecture to current Creative Writing MA students about my experiences of writing and publishing a novel.

I gave a one-off guest lecture on writing and publishing for Undergraduate and Postgraduate English Literature and Creative Writing students.

I gave a guest lecture about my first novel for current Creative Writing undergraduates, who had studied it as part of their module.

I was chosen as one of five artists to collaborate with biological scientists at Leeds University and receive a £1000 bursary. My partner and I are now working to secure funding for a larger project.

I run occasional full-day creative writing workshops at The Hepworth, Wakefield. These range from courses inspired by current exhibitions to workshops on how to write and plan a novel, and putting together a short fiction collection.

I design and deliver a rolling six week creative writing course for adults at The Bowery Arts, ‘The Writing Workout.’ It develops students’ understanding of the key elements of writing craft through a s analysis, interactive creative exercises and the critical workshopping of each others’ work.

I provide in-depth editorial reports and one-to-one mentoring for writers of literary, commercial, Young Adult and historical novels, memoir and short fiction. I have worked with writers of all abilities, from those who are starting out to those who have already completed MAs in Creative Writing but want to further develop their craft.

I gave detailed critical editorial feedback to the winners of a Spread the Word/Ideas Tap short story competition.

I've been practising as a fiction writer since completing my MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 2011. After winning several short story competitions, receiving an Arts Council England bursary to make a live art installation at Leeds Light Night in 2014 and receiving an offer of publication for the ensuing short story collection, How the Light Gets In, from Influx Press, I secured an offer of publication for my debut novel, All the Good Things, from Viking, Penguin UK in 2016. As a result, the publication of my story collection was pushed back to June 2018.

All the Good Things was published in hardback in June 2017 and was described as "A sparky and unsettling debut" by The Guardian. It received widespread critical acclaim and has been praised by Francis Spufford, Joanna Harris, Kit de Waal and others. Editions are also out or forthcoming in Holland, Italy, Israel, Poland and the USA.

I am now working on my second novel, teaching creative writing in a variety of settings and working as a freelance developmental editor, writing mentor and manuscript consultant.