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Emma was born and grew up in the far south of Aotearoa New Zealand. She lives in Cornwall.

She is editor of Botanical Short Stories, an anthology of stories about plants and flowers published by The History Press in April 2024. Her books include the short story collections Three Roads and The Lost of Syros, which was longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2015.

Her novella, Travelling in the Dark, won the Hall and Woodhouse DLF Writing Prize 2019. It was long-listed for the Not the Booker Prize 2018 and selected as a Big Issue Summer Read 2018.

She is co-editor of Cornish Short Stories: A Collection of Contemporary Cornish Writing which was shortlisted for a Holyer an Gof Award 2019.

Emma's short stories have won the Sara Park Memorial Short Story ...more

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	Travelling in the Dark 3.54 avg rating — 114 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cornish Short Stories: A Collection of Contemporary Cornish Writing by Emma Timpany (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Felicity Notley (Editor), Philipa Aldous 3.41 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonsai: Best Small Stories from Aotearoa New Zealand by Michelle Elvy (Editor), Frankie McMillan (Editor), James Norcliffe (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Cornwall in Short: A Collection of Cornish Writing by Kate Horsley (Goodreads Author), P.T. McAllister (editor), Tim Hannigan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Lost of Syros 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Botanical Short Stories: Contemporary Writing about Plants and Flowers by Emma Timpany (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Jane Humphrey (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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