Tom Vowler – Editor

I am and editor, a prize-winning author and creative writing lecturer. My fiction has appeared widely, in dozens of literary journals and magazines, and my debut collection of short stories, The Method, won the Scott Prize in 2010. My two novels, What Lies Within and That Dark Remembered Day, received critical acclaim. A former journalist, I have also worked as a commissioning editor. This involves working with authors to ensure their fiction achieves its most accomplished form, my input varying from structural and tonal to aesthetic and grammatical.

I have an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Plymouth University, and am represented by a major literary agency. I was shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Prize in 2017 and my second collection of stories is titled Dazzling the Gods. Since then I have had two books published: a novel, Every Second Wave, and a collection of flash fiction, The Trajectory of Ghosts. In 2024 I won the V.S Pritchett Short Story Prize.

I am happy to appraise your entire manuscript, or work on an extract. Equally, I can critique your short stories, or non-fiction.

Feel free to get in touch to discuss your work, or to request a sample of my editorial work with authors. Meanwhile, I look forward to working with you.