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Ethan Hunt @ethanhuntwriter.bsky.social Author of GONE TO THE MOVIES.
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Justine Sweeney @justine1902.bsky.social Writing wee stories about Belfast and other bits and pieces. Bath Novella-in-Flash S/L 2025. Words in places like @theDublinReview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social @mooncityreview.bsky.social @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
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Holly Williams @hollywilliams.bsky.social Author, critic, journalist. The Start of Something and What Time is Love? published by Orion. Editor of Exeunt @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social. 
Tarcy @smurf101.bsky.social Passionate enthusiast of tech, travel, design, and all things that spark creativity and feed the mind. Views expressed are my own.
William Campbell Powell @willcampowell.bsky.social Author of TEARDOWN🌈📚 (NineStar), EXPIRATION DAY (YA/SF, Tor), also writes short SFF, long SFF/HF/Crime/contemporary.
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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Manchester| General Editor, Literature & Theology
📚Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century (2025)
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crimebookgirl @crimebookgirl.bsky.social Crime fiction aficionado. Blogger (www.crimebookgirl.com), event chair, Theakstons & McIlvanney Prize academy member, Ngaio Marsh Awards & CWA Daggers judge - it's #AllCrimeAllTheTime!
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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
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Chris Pitt... @chriswpitt.bsky.social
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Buried Things: SL Exeter Novel Prize 2023
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G.Stanley (fiction) @gstanley-fiction.bsky.social Award-winning (English Speaking Union, British Council) writer from the UK. Now writing sci-fi, fantasy, psychological thriller, the uncanny, and other genre fiction.
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James Tobin @jamestobinauthor.bsky.social Fiction writer, at least while our machine overlords allow. Longlisted for CWA debut dagger and shortlisted for Goldfinch novel award.
Meher Shiblee @mehershiblee.bsky.social PhD Candidate @UAL @LCCLondon Considering 21st Century Muslim Superheroines and Issues of Representation: Comics, Creators and Fans in Context
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