Rebecca is the award-winning author of eight works of fiction and non-fiction. Her publications include biographical fiction, memoir, biography, long-form prose and short-stories. Her historical novel Touching Distance, based on the life of an 18th century physician, was shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize for Literature and won the MJA Open Book. She has taught creative writing at Oxford University for 18 years at Diploma and Masters level alongside her acclaimed courses on life-writing for OCLW and the Oxford University Summer School, and Historical Fiction and the Craft of Storytelling for the Oxford Dept of Continuing Education. She was the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford from 2017-20, and Writer-in-Residence at Gladstone's Library from 2014-15. She is a regular literary critic for the Financial Times and the recipient of an Amnesty International Award for Journalism.
Student feedback:
'Rebecca has a fantastic approach, very imaginative and full of encouragement.'
'Rebecca is a superb teacher who shares her expertise and wisdom generously; provides specific memorable advice and tips; sets focussed achievable exercises, and gives everyone opportunities to contribute to discussion.'
'Rebecca explained concepts clearly and concisely, and set tasks that facilitated genuine 'lightbulb moments'! Insightful, encouraging and thought provoking.'
'Rebecca is an absolutely first rate teacher who facilitated useful and engaging discussions along with exposition and writing exercises.'
'A simply brilliant course given by an inspiring and experienced teacher.'
'The teaching was inspirational. Fast-paced and full of insights."
'Rebecca's teaching was fantastic. Very thought provoking questions inviting interaction as well as guiding us through helpful and enjoyable lessons and showing examples to unpick together. Loved it. Five stars for the tutor no doubts.'
'I have taken a few writing courses and found this one to be one of the very best. Rather than just glancing through the various elements of writing fiction, Rebecca really made them stick, and made them applicable to my work-in-progress, through the examples she chose and the exercises she gave us.'
