Lynda Clark

Dr. Lynda Clark serves as Lecturer in Creative Writing (Interdisciplinary Futures) at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Institute, where she directs the Narrative Futures MSc program and holds an IASH Affiliate appointment for 2023/24-2024/25. Her work uniquely bridges literary creativity with emerging technologies across academic, creative, and industry contexts.

Her educational foundation includes a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing (Interactive Narrative) from Nottingham Trent University, complemented by an MA in Creative Writing and BA (Hons) in English Literature.

• PhD: Creative and Critical Writing (Interactive Narrative)
• MA: Creative Writing
• BA (Hons): English Literature

Clark's research investigates technology's impact on narrative forms and human expression. Current projects examine speaking machines, non-human voices, memoir, and vocal disorder representations in literature. Her historical work analyzes serialization in Victorian fiction and video games, digital preservation of interactive media, and AI-driven text generation. This manifests through prose, interactive narratives, and video game development focused on disordered voices and technological interfaces.

Notable recognitions include:

• 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada
• 2019 BBC Short Story Award shortlisting
• 2019 British Library Labs award for Best Creative Work (for The Memory Archivist)

She actively supervises PhD candidates exploring interdisciplinary boundaries in interactive digital fiction, AI narratives, game studies, and speculative fiction. Her examination portfolio includes Nicole Caratas' thesis on historical fiction accuracy (University of Edinburgh) and Jussi Waltteri Nybom's research on data-driven narrative personalization (University of the Arts London). External examiner for De Montfort University's Creative Writing MA.

Prior roles include British Library Innovation Fellow (2019 Emerging Formats project) and Research & Development Fellow in Narrative and Play at Dundee University's InGAME center, where she collaborated with industry partners on technology-creative writing integrations.