Claire Hynes

Lecturer

Dr. Claire Hynes is a lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing at the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia. She is also a research group member of the Creative Writing Research Group and Creative-Critical Research Group. She has worked in the Creative Industries as news editor for The Voice newspaper, BBC television producer, and writer for national newspapers. Her literary works include fictions such as ‘In Her Hair’ and ‘Assorted Biscuits’. Her monologue ‘Welcome to the Freak Show’ was performed at The Contact Theatre, Manchester (2016), and another monologue ‘How It Feels…’ was performed at The Contact Theatre, Manchester (2017). Her creative non-fiction piece, ‘How It Feels to Be, Black Person Me,’ is to be published in the Lighthouse literary journal. Her current writing project explores Virginia Woolf’s essay, ‘A Room of One’s Own’, and the work of Zora Neale Hurston. She has won Creative Industry awards including a George Viner Memorial Award for Journalism.