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Dr Fiona Shaw

Assistant Professor

School: Humanities and Social Sciences

Fiona Shaw is the author of the memoir Out of Me (1997) and five novels: The Sweetest Thing (Virago, 2003), The Picture She Took (2005), Tell it to the Bees (Tindal Street, 2009) and A Stone's Throw (Serpent's Tail, 2012), Outwalkers (David Fickling Books, 2018).

Tell it to the Bees, was adapted for film and released in 2018. It stars Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger in the lead roles.

Fiona’s most recent book, the YA novel Outwalkers, was Carnegie nominated, long-listed for the Branford Boase Prize, and shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. It has also been shortlisted for a range of regional book awards including the Lancashire Book Award, Falkirk Book Award, Lewisham Book Award (winner), Warwickshire Book Award (winner) and Hampshire Book Award (winner).

Fiona Shaw

Campus Address

Northumbria University
Lipman 025
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

Key Publications

Qualifications

  • Literature PhD September 01 1987
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015

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