Personal statement

Dr Lily Dunn teaches on the Advanced Narrative Nonfiction modules on the BA (Hons) Creative Writing, and also teaches Nonfiction and specifically memoir on the MA Creative Writing course.

As a writer of memoir, but with a background in fiction, Lily is particularly suited to this form, particularly as it focuses on creative nonfiction: which is using fictional technique to tell true life stories.

Academic qualifications

  • MA Creative Writing, Sheffield Hallam University
  • PhD Creative Writing, Birkbeck, University of London

External roles

Dr Lily Dunn teaches through her private partnership, London Lit Lab

Teaching specialism and areas of expertise

  • Memoir
  • Narrative nonfiction

Research and academic outputs

Go to ResearchSPAce

Into being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform
book

Dunn, L (2025) Into being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform. Manchester University Press, Manchester. (Forthcoming)


Sins of my father: a daughter, a cult, a wild unravelling
book

Dunn, L (2022) Sins of my father: a daughter, a cult, a wild unravelling. W&N, London. ISBN 9781474623278


A wild and precious life: a recovery anthology
book

Dunn, L and Gilbert, Z, eds. (2021) A wild and precious life: a recovery anthology. Unbound, London. ISBN 9781783529643


Shadowing the sun
book

Dunn, L (2007) Shadowing the sun. Portobello Books, London. ISBN 9781846271175


Idealising the predator [essay]
other

Dunn, L (2021) Idealising the predator [essay]. Aeon, Dec.


My sister, my mirror [essay]
other

Dunn, L (2020) My sister, my mirror [essay]. Aeon, Oct.


The joy of intimacy [essay]
other

Dunn, L (2020) The joy of intimacy [essay]. Aeon, Feb.


The lost children [essay]
other

Dunn, L (2019) The lost children [essay]. Aeon, Jan.


It's only skin [essay]
other

Dunn, L (2018) It's only skin [essay]. Granta, Mar.


The fog and the sea [essay]
other

Dunn, L (2016) The fog and the sea [essay]. Granta, Oct.