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Professor Naomi Booth is a distinguished academic and fiction writer at Durham University's Department of English Studies, holding a professorship while maintaining an active creative practice. She is also an affiliate member of Durham's Institute for Medical Humanities, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to literary studies.
Her research spans contemporary fiction, eco-criticism, and gender studies, with particular focus on literary depictions of the body and swooning. Booth pioneered the field of literary swooning through her AHRC-funded PhD at Sussex, which culminated in her monograph Swoon: A Poetics of Passing Out (2021). Her creative work explores eco-horror and social critique, notably in the Guardian-recognized Exit Management (2020) which dissects class dynamics in Brexit-era London.
Booth's recent publications reveal an evolving trajectory from literary swooning toward eco-horror and medical humanities, with increasing engagement with folklore adaptation (e.g., Animals at Night, 2022) and climate fiction. Her 2025 article on 'uncanny doubles' demonstrates continued theoretical innovation within contemporary literary studies.
Honors include:
- Saboteur Award for Best Novella (2016)
- Guardian Fiction Book of the Year (2020)
- Shortlisted for Edge Hill Prize (2022)
- Longlisted for major short story awards
- AHRC Doctoral Funding (2010)
As a supervisor, she mentors practice-based PhD projects including depictions of post-partum psychosis and contemporary witch narratives, while serving as external examiner for multiple UK institutions. Her creative-critical methodology bridges academic research with public engagement through New York Times and Guardian contributions, radio broadcasts, and audio drama adaptations like Sour Hall.
