Christie Watson

Christie Watson is Professor of Creative Writing at UEA and a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She has written eight books, including Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, which won the Costa First Novel award, and a nursing memoir, The Language of Kindness, which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Christie is a contributor to The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Observer and TedX. Her work has been translated into twenty-three languages and adapted for theatre. She lives in London.