These Our Monsters and Other Stories

Contributing authors: Edward Carey: Writer and illustrator whose books include Observatory Mansions and Alva and Irva: the Twins Who Saved a City, and of the YA Iremonger Trilogy, which have all been translated into many different languages and all of which he illustrated. Alison MacLeod: Alison MacLeod’s most recent book, Tenderness, was named Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2022. Paul Kingsnorth is the author of three collections of poetry, four non-fiction books, which explore the nature of technological modernity, and three novels. Sarah Hall, twice nominated for the Booker Prize and two-time BBC Short Story Award winner, is the author of ten novels and a short story collections. Graeme Macrae Burnet is the author of six novels, including Benbecula, the Booker shortlisted His Bloody Project, Booker longlisted Case Study and the Georges Gorski trilogy. Sarah Moss is the author of ten novels, the latest of which, A Winter Guest, is due out in 2026, and two memoirs, including My Good Bright Wolf, which won the Saltire Non-fiction Book of the Year award in 2025. Fiona Mozley is the author of two novels, Elmet and Hot Stew, and several short stories, and a winner of a Somerset Maugham Award and The Polari Prize. Adam Thorpe is the author of 12 novels and various collections of poetry, short stories, non-fiction, a stage play, many radio plays and broadcasts, and numerous reviews. Clive Hicks-Jenkins (illustrator) is a Welsh artist celebrated for his narrative paintings and profound connection to folklore and fairytales. James Kidd is a freelance writer and his writing has appeared in The Independent, the Literary Review, the Observer, Esquire, the Daily Telegraph, the South China Morning Post, The National and Time Out, among others. Charles Kightly lives in the East Riding of Yorkshire and in Radnorshire in the Welsh Marches. A professional historian, he has particular interests in the late medieval period (the period of his PhD) and the 17th century.