Jarred McGinnis

Jarred McGinnis was chosen as one of the UK's ten best emerging writers. His debut novel — The Coward — was selected for BBC 2's Between the Covers, BBC Radio 2's Book Club and listed for the Barbellion Prize.

He is the co-founder of The Special Relationship, which was chosen for the British Council's International Literature Showcase. He was the creative director for 'Moby-Dick Unabridged', a four-day immersive multimedia reading of Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick' at the Southbank Centre, involving hundreds of participants.

His short fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4 and appeared in respected journals in the UK, Canada, USA and Ireland. He is or has been an Associate Writer for Spread the Word, a mentor for the Word Factory, a fellow of the London Library's T S Eliot Emerging Writer Programme and a Writer-in-Residence for First Story.

He also has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, but mostly he inspires the able-bodied by using public transport and taking his daughters to the playground.