Dr Lily Dunn
- Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing
- Email: l.dunn@bathspa.ac.uk
- School: School of Creative and Cultural Arts
- Campus: Newton Park, Bath
- Website:
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 outputs
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Dunn, L (2025) Into being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 9781526179258
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Dunn, L (2022) Sins of my father: a daughter, a cult, a wild unravelling. W&N, London. ISBN 9781474623278
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Dunn, L and Gilbert, Z, eds. (2021) A wild and precious life: a recovery anthology. Unbound, London. ISBN 9781783529643
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Dunn, L (2007) Shadowing the sun. Portobello Books, London. ISBN 9781846271175
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Dunn, L (2021) Idealising the predator [essay]. Aeon, Dec.
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Dunn, L (2020) My sister, my mirror [essay]. Aeon, Oct.
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Dunn, L (2020) The joy of intimacy [essay]. Aeon, Feb.
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Dunn, L (2019) The lost children [essay]. Aeon, Jan.
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Dunn, L (2018) It's only skin [essay]. Granta, Mar.
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Dunn, L (2016) The fog and the sea [essay]. Granta, Oct.