Appointments

Professor Kirsty Gunn
Chair of Creative Writing

The award-winning novelist Kirsty Gunn has been appointed new Chair of Creative Writing.

Professor Gunn will head a new venture in the School of Humanities English department to construct a degree programme in English and Creative Writing, the first such programme for undergraduates in Scotland.

Professor Peter Kitson, head of the Department of English said, "We are absolutely delighted to have secured the talents and services of such a distinguished writer as Kirsty Gunn to front our new Creative Writing programme."

"Kirsty is one of the most distinctive young voices in contemporary fiction and this appointment adds lustre and depth to our established strengths in 20th century and contemporary writing."

Professor Gunn was born in New Zealand and educated at Queen

In 2001, Professor Gunn was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary. Her first novel was made into an acclaimed film, nominated in several prize categories at the Cannes Film Festival.