Jessica Andrews

Jessica Andrews is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at City, University of London, and a former Associate Lecturer at the University of Roehampton. She is an acclaimed novelist and creative nonfiction writer, with a PhD in Creative Writing from City, University of London (2023–2025). Her work interrogates themes of gender, social class, bodily autonomy, and the boundaries between fiction, memory, and truth.

• Education
  • PhD in Creative Writing, City, University of London (2023–2025)
  • MA in Creative Writing, University of Kent (2014–2015)
  • BA in English Literature and Language, King's College London (2010–2013)

Research Interests
Andrews explores intersections of gender and social class through embodied narratives, focusing on bodily shame, desire, and the performance of identity. Her creative practice often blurs formal experimentalism with intimate, lyrical prose to dissect cultural pressures on femininity and precarity.

Scientific Awards

• Portico Prize (2020) for Saltwater
• Shortlisted for Royal Society of Literature Encore Award (2023) for Milk Teeth
• Shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction Futures (2022)
• Longlisted for BBC National Short Story Award (2022)

Advocacy and Collaborative Work
Andrews co-runs the literary magazine The Grapevine and hosts the Tender Buttons podcast, featuring prominent writers like Sheila Heti and Max Porter. She advocates for widening participation in the arts and has taught at institutions such as Faber Academy and National Trust.