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Emma Jane Unsworth

エマ・ジェーン・アンスワース

Ema Jēn Ansuōsu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1979-01-01 （Bury, Greater Manchester, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Prestwich, England → Bury, Greater Manchester

Career

Occupations
Short story writer, Novelist, Journalist
Active Years
2002-2024
Affiliations
Curious Tales Collective
Influenced By
Sherry Ashworth
Nominations
Portico Prize for Fiction 2012 shortlist

Education

Bury Grammar School for Girls
Country: United Kingdom
Mentored by Sherry Ashworth
University of Liverpool
Faculty of Arts / Department of English
Country: United Kingdom
Studied English literature
University of Manchester
Centre for New Writing
Degree: MA
Country: United Kingdom
Graduated with MA

Awards

Betty Trask Award
2012
Work: Hungry, the Stars and Everything
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hungry, the Stars and Everything

2011 Novel

Set in a restaurant called Bethel, the novel follows restaurant critic Helen as she eats through a tasting menu, evoking memories.

MemoryFoodFriendship

Animals

2014 Novel

Follows best friends Laura and Tyler's hedonistic adventures fueled by alcohol and drugs, until circumstances change their friendship.

FriendshipAddictionGrowing up
Adaptations
  • [Film] Animals / Sophie Hyde (2019)

Adults

2020 Novel

Bibliography

  • Doppelganger – Comma: An Anthology (Comma Press, 2002)
  • Manchester Stories 3 (Comma Press, 2002)
  • What I Did on my Holidays – Bracket (Comma Press, 2005)
  • Saturday Mary – Phobic (Comma Press, 2007)
  • Patience – Litmus (Comma Press, 2011)
  • Fight or Flight – Murmurations (Two Ravens Press, 2011)
  • I Arrive First – The Best British Short Stories 2012 (Salt, 2012)
  • In – The Longest Night (Curious Tales, 2013)
  • The Endling – Poor Souls' Light (Curious Tales, 2014)
  • Hungry, the Stars and Everything (Hidden Gem Press, 2011)
  • Animals (Canongate, 2014)
  • Adults (The Borough Press, 2020)
  • Gothic Tales: Manchester Stories 7 (edited, Comma Press, 2004)

Adaptations

  • Animals (film, 2019, dir. Sophie Hyde)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
WittyEmotionally complex
Recurring Motifs
FriendshipHedonismChange

Legacy

Praised by The Guardian and The New York Times as a tremendous talent in contemporary British literature.

In Popular Culture

  • Animals adapted into a film premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

Trivia

  • Grew up in Prestwich.
  • Mentored by teacher Sherry Ashworth.