Manya Wilkinson

Manya Wilkinson is a Jewish New Yorker who has lived in the North of England for over twenty years. Her novel Lublin was published by And Other Stories (2024) and is the winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature 2025, the Wingate Literary Prize 2025 and the RSL Encore Award for best second novel 2025. Until recently Manya was a senior lecturer on the MA in prose and scriptwriting at Newcastle University, with a special interest in voice and dramatic structure in both script and fiction. She is currently mentoring writers and teaching prose workshops both on-line and in person. Her first novel, Ocean Avenue, was published by Serpent’s Tail. Her short stories have been published by Comma Press. Her radio dramas have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Play, Saturday Drama, Writing the Century, and Woman’s Hour. She has also written several stage plays and film scripts and contributes regularly to the writing magazine, Mslexia, with articles and guides to writing drama and prose fiction.