Harry Whitehead (On Dead Chickens)’s first novel, The Cannibal Spirit, told the story of a First Nations man tried for cannibalism in 1900 Vancouver. It was reviewed as ‘powerful, brave, ambitious’ (Globe & Mail), ‘a unique work, compelling, complex, thought-provoking and impressive’ (Quill & Quire). He’s published short stories, reviews, essays and more in a variety of genres. He is associate professor of Creative Writing at the University of Leicester, where he directs the Centre for New Writing and the annual free literature festival, Literary Leicester. Before academia, he worked for many years in the film business.

Harry's work appears in Issue 13 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Karen Kao (Hats) is the winner of the 2022 Kenyon Review Short Nonfiction Contest and a nominee for the Pushcart Prize, VERA, and Best of the Net. Her debut novel, The Dancing Girl and the Turtle, is the first of a quartet of interlocking novels set in Shanghai. Karen’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Pleiades, Kenyon Review, Brevity Magazine, Tahoma Literary Review and others. For more information on Karen and her work, please visit www.inkstonepress.com

Karen's work appears in Issue 13 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Amy Cotler (Joy (Or, It’s Time)) worked as a culinary professional before turning to creative writing. Her short pieces have appeared in various literary magazines, including Hinterland. She was a leader in the farmto- table movement, and lectured widely on the subject. Cotler also taught at Culinary Institute of America and The Institute for Culinary Education, hosted food forums for The New York Times, authored five cookbooks, and created more than 1000 recipes for Joy of Cooking and other publications. Cotler lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with her husband, an artist, and their dog, Remy.

Amy's work appears in Issue 13 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Sam Gordon Webb (Unsung) is a writer studying Crime Fiction at UEA. His writing has appeared in Beyond Words, and Unstamatic. He is social media coordinator for Chestnut Review, and Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize project manager. He is working on his debut novel as a student of Faber Academy’s Writing a Novel course. Champion of cappuccinos and blueberry muffins. He can be found @samofme.

Sam's work appears in Issue 12 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Adrian Tissier (Travellers over the Fields) is a writer and performer, currently studying for an MA in Creative Non- Fiction at UEA. He has delivered creative writing workshops and performed award-winning storytelling and poetry events at the Manchester Literature Festival and Buxton Festival Fringe. Previously he worked for the National Trust, specialising in delivering workshops and training for environmental interpretation and inspiring immersive experience, and has presented at conferences nationally and internationally. He is also a trained teacher of English and drama, and has written books on poetry and English language for Longman Literature. Instagram: @tissieradrian

Adrian's work appears in Issue 12 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Michelle Spinei (The Conversationalist) is an American writer based in Reykjavík. Her work has been featured in Catapult, Ós Pressan and Fodor’s.

Michelle's work appears in Issue 12 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Candice Kelsey (Failure to Stop) [she/her] is a poet, educator and activist in Georgia. She serves as a creative writing mentor with PEN America’s Prison Writing Program. Her work appears in Grub Street, Poet Lore, Lumiere Review, Hawai’i Pacific Review and The Worcester Review among other journals. Recently, Candice was chosen as a finalist in Iowa Review’s Poetry Contest and her third book titled A Poet just released. She loves 80s detective shows, Puccini and dismantling fatphobia. Find her @candicekelsey1 & candicemkelseypoet.com.

Candice's work appears in Issue 12 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Linda Mannheim (Departing)is the author of three books of fiction: Above Sugar Hill, Risk and This Way to Departures, which was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize in 2020. Linda's work has appeared in The Nation, Granta, Catapult Story, 3:AM Magazine, Ambit, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and Sight & Sound. She has also broadcast work for BBC Witness and KCRW Berlin. Originally from New York, she lives in London and is a PhD researcher at the University of Westminster.

Linda's work appears in Issue 11 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Hannah Garrard (1989) writes creative non-fiction from her home in Norwich, where she lives with her partner and son and currently works as a programme manager at the National Centre for Writing. In 2015 she completed an MA in Creative Non-Fiction at the UEA, where she wrote an account of the Liberian civil war with help from the insights and recollections of the refugee children she taught whilst working in West Africa. Her writing has appeared in independent literary journals and news sites.

Hannah's work appears in Issue 11 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Charlie J. Stephens (When They Took All The Trees) is a non-binary, mixed race fiction writer living on unceded Chochenyo Ohlone land in Northern California. Charlie has lived all over the US as a bike messenger, wilderness guide, book seller and seasonal shark diver (for educational purposes only). Charlie’s work has appeared in Electric Literature, Peculiar, The Racket, Fresh.Ink and Original Plumbing among others. Charlie has recently finished a collection of short stories, and is hard at work on their first novel. More at charliejstephenswriting.com and on Instagram @charliejstephenswriting.

Charlie's work appears in Issue 10 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Christopher Linforth (The Estranged) is the author of three story collections: The Distortions (Orison Books, 2021), winner of the 2020 Orison Books Fiction Prize, Directory (Otis Books/ Seismicity Editions, 2020) and When You Find Us We Will Be Gone (Lamar University Press, 2014).

Christopher's work appears in Issue 10 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Susmita Bhattacharya (In the Spotlight) is an Indianborn writer. Her debut novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian, 2015) was longlisted at the Mumbai Film Festival, 2018. Her short story collection, Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing, 2018), won the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection, was a finalist for the Hall & Woodhouse DLF Prize and has been featured on BBC Radio 4. Susmita teaches creative writing at Winchester University and facilitates the ArtfulScribe Mayflower Young Writers programme in Southampton. She was also Writer-in- Residence at London’s Word Factory in 2021. Find her on Twitter @Susmitatweets

Susmita's work appears in Issue 10 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Laura Knott (Screw You, Descartes) studied environmental art and film/ video at MIT, and political science and dance at Duke University. Her work has been published in the Boston Art Review and Duke Magazine, and by the MIT School of Architecture + Planning and the MIT Museum. Laura has edited a volume on Sky Art, curated exhibitions, produced a live-streamed work in which dancers danced simultaneously in 11 countries, and performed at the documenta exhibition. Her videos have appeared in Mexico, Greece, and the United States. A native of Mississippi, Laura grows food in her garden in Massachusetts, where she lives.

Laura's work appears in Issue 9 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Jordan Harrison-Twist’s (My Stepfather, Bolton’s Entire First Eleven at the ‘95 Play- Off Final Against Reading) most recent writings have appeared in Ossian, The Cormorant Broadsheet, Lit Quarterly, CHEAP POP, No Contact, Funicular, Reflex Fiction, Lunate, and others. He won the Retreat West micro fiction competition with his story ‘Longitudinal’, which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His forthcoming chapbook A Few Alterations will be published by Nightjar.

Jordan's work appears in Issue 9 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Jacqueline Ellis (Zero Hour for the Rabbit) is a writer and professor of women’s and gender studies. Her writing has appeared in Feminist Review, WSQ, and Mutha Magazine. Originally from Peterborough, England, she now lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Jacqueline's work appears in Issue 9 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Aaron Landsman's (Wrestling the Keys) upcoming and recent publication credits include poetry in The Wax Paper, Ghost City Review and Evergreen Review, and prose in River Teeth, Theater Magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Hobart. His new book about democracy and performance called The City We Make Together, co-authored with Mallory Catlett, comes out with the University of Iowa Press in 2022. His live performance works have been seen on stages, in homes, on buses and in offices, in New York City where he lives, and in other US and foreign cities. He teaches part-time at Princeton.

Aaron's work appears in Issue 9 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Hester van Hensbergen (Eating Tongues of Songbirds) is an intellectual historian and food writer with an interest in the relationship between food, politics, and environment. Her writing has appeared in Vittles, Eater, and Still Point Journal.

Hester's work appears in Issue 8 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Connor Harrison (11th March, Montmartre) is a writer based in the West Midlands. His work has appeared at Lit Hub, New Critique, Longleaf Review and Review31, among others.

Connor's work appears in Issue 8 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Amy Cotler (Sally’s Cake) is a chef and writer. Her short pieces have appeared in various publications, including right here in Hinterland, as well as Guesthouse, The Rambling Epicure and Bright Flash. Before turning to creative writing, Cotler worked as a food writer, cooking teacher and cookbook author. She was a leader of the farm-totable movement in the US, and food forum host for The New York Times. Currently, she lives in Mexico with her husband, an artist, and their dog, Remy. Visit her at amycotler.com

Amy's work appears in Issue 8 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Stella Maria Murphy (Big Shoes), or Mia (as most people know her), is from Dublin, Ireland. She is happily married and has a large unconventional family full of wonderful children and grandchildren who she wouldn’t change for the world.

Stella's work appears in Issue 7 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.