Jill Dawson


Country: United Kingdom

Jill Dawson, described by Philip Hoare as Britain’s most consummate historical novelist, is the award-winning author of 11 novels. She has mentored and taught some of the UK’s best-known writers. She runs a mentoring scheme for new writers, Gold Dust, and has taught on the UK’s most prestigious writing programme at the University of East Anglia, as well as Amherst, USA. Jill has a wealth of creative writing teaching experience throughout the world, and her techniques are designed to deepen your creativity and joy, both in your writing and in life.

Jill Dawson, yang digambarkan oleh Philip Hoare sebagai penulis novel sejarah Inggris yang paling menggugah, adalah penulis 11 novel yang telah memenangkan penghargaan. Ia telah membimbing dan mengajar beberapa penulis Inggris yang paling dikenal. Ia menjalankan sebuah skema mentoring untuk penulis pemula, Gld Dust, dan telah mengajar di berbagai program menulis paling bergengsi di UK di University of East Anglia, juga di Amherst, USA. Jill memiliki banyak pengalaman mengajar penulisan kreatif di berbagai penjuru dunia dan teknik-tekniknya dirancang untuk memperdalam kreativitas sekaligus kegembiraan para peserta, tak hanya dalam hal menulis namun juga dalam kehidupan mereka.

Appearing in

Main Program | The Mystery of Writing Crime Novels

Tracey Lien is the author of the debut novel All That’s Left Unsaid, which investigates the Vietnamese Australian enclave of Cabramatta in the 1990s and explores the emotional complexity of …


Main Program | Stories of the Past: Mastering Historical Fiction

Historical fiction is a complex endeavor, requiring a skillful balance between facts and imagination, reality and memory. Anna Funder specializes in writing unconventional accounts of European history. George Quinn blends …


Main Program | Exploring Tragedy through Words

“Ordinary human failings, tragedies too routine to note.” In Meg Nolan’s profoundly tender book, she achieves describing, with compassion, some of the ordinary things we often struggle to articulate. Against …