Ambushed, robbed, and then saved by a mysterious organisation - part detective agency, part neighbourhood watch - a desperate Henry disguises herself and enlists. But leaving the safety of her wealthy life isn't as simple as she thought. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. Sent out to investigate a string of crimes, she soon realises that she is living in a small rural town with surprisingly big.
Prior to my doctoral studies, I completed my MA Victorian Literature, Art and Culture at Royal Holloway (Distinction), and my BA English at Jesus College, Cambridge (First)."To be blunt: I must escape." 1893. I've written, edited and acted in multiple short performances for the Royal Holloway Arts Collections and Picture Gallery alongside my partner in chaos Claudia Chapman, portraying everything from ghostly College lesbian diarists to voraciously moustachioed Victorian Arctic explorers. Previously, I've taught Playwriting, The Pre-Raphaelite Revolution: Poetry and Painting, Introducing English Poetry and Thinking as a Critic, as well as guest lecturing on Creative Writing and Neo-Victorian Women at the University of Delaware. This year, I'm convening the EN2217/3217 Queer Histories module, and teaching on the CW2020 Fiction course. I have Associate Fellowship of AdvanceHE.
Goldman Pre-Raphaelite Fellow at the University of Delaware and Delaware Art Museum in September 2021, and Co-Director of the Royal Holloway Centre for Victorian Studies from 2019-2020. Ecocriticism, especially when plants are involved.Queer theory and queer critical practice.Elizabeth Siddal and the Pre-Raphaelites.The practice and practicalities of queer historical fiction.My work on Siddal can be found in Word & Image, the forthcoming Pre-Raphaelite Sisters collection (eds Glenda Youde and Robert Wilkes), and online talks, blogs and podcasts. I delve more into the novel's form here, and chat about it on a podcast here.įor my thesis, I'm queer reading the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist-poet Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862), and hoping to show how a combination of queer theory and creative close reading can illuminate Siddal's art and poetry beyond cisheteronormative interpretative lenses. My debut novel Nettleblack, a queer Neo-Victorian adventure following a runaway heir/ess and a gang of crime-fighting misfits, was published by Cipher Press in 2022 I'm currently working on the sequel for 2024.
I'm a novelist and AHRC TECHNE-funded doctoral candidate.
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