London Lies

Alan McCormick is Writer in Residence at Kingston University’s Writing School. His story collection, Dogsbodies and Scumsters, was longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize in 2012. He also writes flash shorts in response to Jonny Voss’s pictures. They work together as Scumsters, have been published regularly at 3:AM and keep a blog at www.scumsters.blogspot.co.uk.

Harry Whitehead is a novelist and director of the Centre for New Writing at the University of Leicester, where he also directs the annual free lit-fest, Literary Leicester. He's published short stories, reviews, essays and more in a wide variety of genres.

Joan Taylor-Rowan is a teacher of Art and Textiles, and world traveller. She is the author of The Birdskin Shoes, a tale of circuses and earthquakes in Mexico. She has had several stories read on Radio 4 and performed at Short Fuse, Storytales, Liars’ League and Tales of the Decongested. She has also written the book and lyrics for a musical based on her own short story, Kandy Kottage.

Martin Pengelly is the Washington-based breaking news correspondent for Guardian US. Born in Leeds, United Kingdom, he played rugby for Durham University and Rosslyn Park FC and worked for Rugby News, the Guardian, and the Independent before moving to the US in 2012. Since then, he has written about politics, books, and rugby in America. His work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated and the New York Times. Brotherhood is his first book.