Torrey Peters became the first trans woman to be nominated for the £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction, which was contested in an anonymous open letter by the Wild Woman Writing Club.
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Creative writer, based in UK and open to partnership and commissions.
Why Rebel
"Why rebel? Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important."
Period: It’s About Bloody Time
"I loathe my period. I cannot wait for the day it sods off. For good. But shall I tell you what I loathe even more? Not being able to talk about it. Freely, funnily and honestly.
An American Marriage
“Much of life is timing and circumstance, I see that now.”
The Tall Owl: And Other Stories
A collection of short stories about love, guilt, shame and the very notion of human existence.
Because of You
Two women go into hospital expecting to leave with a child, but only one does - and it’s not theirs.
Girl
Edna O’Brien’s fictional reimagining of the 276 Boko Haram girls who were abducted in Nigeria in 2014.
Exciting Times
“I thought that if I let anyone in, they’d find out what was broken about me. And then not only would they know, I’d know too.”
News: Transphobic Open Letter to the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Torrey Peters became the first trans woman to be nominated for the £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction, which was contested in an anonymous open letter by the Wild Woman Writing Club.
Your Story, My Story
"She wanted someone to test her strength against, she wanted to fight, and for that she sought out the biggest, strongest man she could find. Me."
