Vanessa Gebbie
Vanessa Gebbie is the award-winning writer of three collections of short stories: Words from a Glass Bubble, Storm Warning and A Short History of Synchronised Breathing, a collection of flash fiction, Nothing to Worry About, and a novella in flash, Ed's Wife and Other Creatures. Her novel The Coward’s Tale was selected as a Financial Times Book of the Year. She has won awards for short stories, flash fictions, poetry and travel writing, is an experienced creative writing teacher and mentor, and is the editor of Short Circuit: Guide to the Art of the Short Story. She also contributed a chapter to the Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction.
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