I am a writer of short stories, around twenty of which have been published in online and print journals. My stories have appeared in journals including The London Magazine, Per Contra, Menda City Press, Bartleby Snopes, Foundling Review, The Linnet's Wings, Glasschord, Euonia Review, Halfway Down the Stairs, Words with Jam, and Controlled Burn. I am also keen to promote creative writing and sit on the Steering Committee of the Grace Dieu Writers Circle in Leicestershire. Our group hosts annual workshops on a variety of genres; poetry, screenwriting, short stories. I have a Ph.D. in English Literature, focusing on the writing of non-Maori settler women in New Zealand. Many of my stories are set in isolated landscapes, and explore the interconnectedness of the human and surrounding topography. My debut collection of short stories, "Catching the Barramundi", was published by Odyssey Books in November 2012 and is available to order from Amazon. I can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RebeccaBurnsWriter I can be found on Twitter at @Bekki66 I love to read Anthony Doerr, David Malouf, and Carol Shields, though also enjou Sarah Hall, Helen Dunmore and Kathering Mansfield.  

Ph.D in English Literature
Profiled as part of the Grassroutes Project, which is an Arts Council funded project, headed by the University of Leicester, which showcases the 50 best transcultural writers in Leicestershire.
My story, "The Intruder", was nominated for the Pushcart prize 2011.
"Catching the Barramundi", my debut collection of short stories, was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Award 2013.
Winner of the Fowey Festival of Words and Music short story competition 2013.