Pretext: Salvage

by Julia Bell, Paul Magrs

With new pieces from contributors including Neil Dunn, Patricia Duncker, David Almond, Deborah Levy, Pagan Kennedy, Maureen Duffy, Ali Smith, Alison Fell, Kate Orman, Sara Maitland, Alicia Stubbersfield, Victor Sage, and introducing Rachel Bradford, Barbara Watts, Gemma Blackshaw, Ashley Stokes and Reuben Lane; plus Marina Mackay on Angus Wilson.

300 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

Librarian note: there are multiple authors with this name on Goodreads.

I was born in Bristol but raised in Wales (I can speak Welsh!) and have published two novels for young adults - Massive and Dirty Work, both published by Macmillan in the UK. In the US Massive is published by Simon and Schuster and Dirty Work by Walker Books. Massive has also been translated into ten languages, including Thai! I also wrote and co-edited the bestselling Creative Writing Coursebook while I was working at the University of East Anglia, which is also published by Macmillan.

I am a Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck, University College of London where I teach on the MA Creative Writing and co-ordinate the annual publication The Mechanics' Institute Review and the new web portal The Birkbeck Writers' Hub.

I am currently working on my fourth novel - Bad Faith - and collaborating on work for the screen.