Dr Fiona Shaw

Senior Lecturer

Department: Humanities

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).

Campus Address

Northumbria University
Lipman 025
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

Email Fiona

@fionakshaw

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Outwalkers, Shaw, F. 1 Feb 2018
A stone's throw, Shaw, F. 2012
Tell it to the bees, Shaw, F. 2010

PGR Supervision

Stephen Fender How can the metafiction novel use its investigation of narrative structure to explore gender identity? Start Date: 01/10/2018
Allison Adkins Can a Young Adult (YA) dystopian novel reflect the complexity of contemporary politics? And is a YA vampire novel an effective medium in which to do this? Start Date: 20/10/2020
Stephen Fender Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 08/01/2020

Qualifications

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

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