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CN Lester is an academic, musician, and leading UK trans activist. Lester is an educator and consultant to organisations such as Channel 4, the BBC, the Huffington Post, and to universities and unions across the country. They have written for the Independent, New Internationalist and the New Statesman, and
performed at the Barbican, Tate Modern and Southbank Centre. Lester co- founded the first-ever national UK group for young LGBT people. www.cnlester.com/writing/
Danny Scheinmann was born in Manchester and graduated in Law from the London School of Economics and in Theatre Studies from the University of Strasbourg. He has lectured in Storytelling techniques at London Metropolitan University, as well as writing and starring in movies. Danny recently co- directed his first feature with his brother David, After Louise. His debut
novel Random Acts of Heroic Love was a bestseller in the UK and published in 21 languages. Danny’s second book, The Half Life of Joshua Jones, is out now. @dannyscheinmann / http://www.dannyscheinmann.com/
Paul Basset Davies’ first novel, Utter Folly topped the Amazon humorous fiction chart in 2012. His new novel, Dead Writers in Rehab, is now published by Unbound. His story ‘The Spots’ appears in Six Scary Stories, selected and introduced by Stephen King (Hodder). Paul has written and directed for TV, radio, film and stage. He founded the multimedia company Crystal Theatre, and his one-man shows won awards. He’s also been a cab driver, a DJ in a strip club, and the vocalist in a punk band. @thewritertype / http://thewritertype.blogspot.com
Anne E Cooper is the writer-in-residence at Cressingham Gardens Estate and is an activist, photographer and poet with 15 years experience working on community writing projects. She is the author of Touched, a solo collection of poetry and editor of And Then There Was Light. Anne is a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen – a writers’ collective.
@annecoopr / https://cressinghamvoices.wordpress.com
