Isabel Ashdown
Isabel Ashdown is a novelist and creative writing tutor. Her debut
Glasshopper won the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition and was listed
among the best books of the year. She has a Masters in Creative
Writing (distinction), and is currently Royal Literary Fund Fellow
at the University of Chichester. Her latest novel, Little Sister, a
psychological thriller, was released 2017, and spent several weeks
in the Amazon Bestsellers chart (Orion).
Describe your approach to teaching:
Students are encouraged to explore their writing in a relaxed
atmosphere, and at their own pace. I hope to draw out students'
best writing through individual and collaborative exercises,
calling on their personal fascinations to create authentic voices
and compelling fiction.
What inspires your work?
Characters - and relationships - are at the heart of my writing
inspirations. Who are we? What are we? Why do we do the things we
do? When we ask these questions, how can we ever run out of things
to write about?
