<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/bethany-anderson"><Strong>Bethany Anderson</Strong></A>
Bethany is a writer, reader, book reviewer, and teacher-in-training. She blogs about her writing and reviews books at <a href="http://www.subtlemelodrama.com">www.subtlemelodrama.com</a>

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/f-harvey-anderson"><Strong>Fergus Anderson</Strong></A>
Fergus has lived and worked in Nepal since the early 1990s. He served as a Communications Officer with the Brigade of Gurkhas in Kathmandu from 1992 to 1997 and has trekked extensively in the Annapurna and Everest regions of the Himalayas. Fergus has travelled throughout the South Asian Region and has recently spent 3 weeks in Bangladesh traveling by bus, canoe, ferry, paddle steamer, rickshaw and train. He specialises in short essays of his encounters and places that he has visited and aims to compile them into a picture book using his pieces as captions. If you wish to read more of his writing or if you require any information on Nepal he can be contacted through his blog <A href="http://www.offexploring.com/fergusanderson/blog">www.offexploring.com/fergusanderson/blog</a>

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/anthony-ash"><Strong>Anthony Ash</Strong></A>
Anthony works in English Language Teaching and is a postgraduate student of English Linguistics. He enjoys writing and producing quality journalism. His main interests are education, the economy and society. Comment is always free. Follow Anthony on Twitter @Ashowski  

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/samuel-best"><Strong>Samuel Best</Strong></A>
Samuel Best is a Glasgow-based writer and also runs Octavius, a literary magazine for students studying in Scotland. Samuel has been published in The Cadaverine, ClockWorks and Fractured West, and is writing two novels based on different blends of Scottish national identity, violence and running away. He tweets at @spbbest.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/richard-biddle"><Strong>Richard Biddle</Strong></A>
Richard Biddle aka (bid) grew up in the brewery town of Burton-on-Trent. He has an MA in Performance Writing and has made a number of live texts, including work for 3 Bristol poetry festivals. Last year, his poem ‘A Bequest’ was published in ‘Brittle Star’ magazine and he was invited to read his short story ‘Endorphins’ at ‘Story Studio’ in Brighton. 
He lives in Chichester, where he continues to experiment with writing using the Twitter account @littledeaths68. You can find more evidence of his work here http://writings43.blogspot.co.uk/
He is also a member of @echovirus12.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/jared-carnie"><Strong>Jared A. Carnie</Strong></A>
is a writer in his twenties who fled the dull neon of Essex for the freedom of the Outer Hebrides.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/graeme-cooper"><Strong>Graeme Cooper</Strong></A>
Graeme is a High School English teacher from South-West Scotland. He started writing poetry in 2012, having considered himself a poet for 20 years.  Initially, he used the pseudonym The Elusive Andrew Smith because he was afraid of his friends reading his poems.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/alan-crossan"><Strong>Alan Crossan</Strong></A>
Alan is a writer of short stories and flash fiction from Barrhead. He is a member of the Glasgow Writers' Group.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/patricia-duffaud"><Strong>Patricia Duffaud</Strong></A>
Patricia Duffaud is a French writer who lives in London. She has a degree in English language & literature from France and an MA in social anthropology from Goldsmiths College. She writes short stories and is working on a novel. She is also a columnist for Litro Magazine.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/max-dunbar"><Strong>Max Dunbar</Strong></A>
Max Dunbar was born in London in 1981. He recently finished a full-length novel and his short fiction has appeared in various print and web journals. He also writes criticism for 3:AM and Butterflies and Wheels. He blogs at <a href="http://maxdunbar.wordpress.com/">maxdunbar.wordpress.com</a> and tweets at  @MaxDunbar1. 
He lives in Manchester and can be contacted on max.dunbar@gmail.com.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/daniel-gothard"><Strong>Daniel Gothard</Strong></A>
Daniel Gothard lives in Oxford, UK with his wife and three children. He has a Masters degree in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and has previously been published in three anthologies: Mix, Eight Hours and The Poet Tree. In 2008, his novel Relax and Swing was published in paperback. His website is <a href="http://www.inspiredwriters.co.uk/">www.inspiredwriters.co.uk</a>

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/verity-holloway"><Strong>Verity Holloway</Strong></A>
Verity is a graduate of Anglia Ruskin University’s Literature masters programme, specialising in fiction, poetry and freelance journalism. She is currently finishing her first novel, for which she received the New Writing Partnership’s Escalator Award. Her website is <a href="http://www.verityholloway.com">www.verityholloway.com</a>

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/jones-jones"><Strong>Jones Jones</Strong></A>
Jones Jones was born in Wales but now lives somewhere else. He is the author of The Humiliation Triptych – a collection of dark, violent tales of woe set between central/eastern Europe and Wales. He blogs at <a href="http://jonesjones.moonfruit.com">jonesjones.moonfruit.com</a>

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/dj-mac"><Strong>DJ Mac</Strong></A>
DJ Mac fouters (dithers) with an itchy, scratchy pen in an Edinburgh garret in the odd moments when the bewilderment of life fades. A proud member of the Binge Inkers writing group, he meanders, rants, muses and chortles on www.djmac.co.uk. He likes to look for humour in the darkness or darkness in the humour in order to craft good writing. Observers hope that some day, with the wind behind him, he may just yet succeed.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/rachel-macgregor"><strong>Rachel MacGregor</strong></A>
Rachel MacGregor is a graduate of Bournemouth University with a BA (Hons) Communication and Media degree. Despite being a Brit, she loves American television and is passionate about film and literature. She loves to review the latest releases as well as some old favourites. Rachel can be found on twitter @rachelmacgregor and also likes to update her blog (<A href="http://rachelmacgregor.wordpress.com/">rachelmacgregor.wordpress.com</a>) in her spare time.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/james-bruce-may"><Strong>James Bruce May</Strong></A>
James Bruce May is a writer and musician based in London, where he graduated from Goldsmiths’  creative writing MA course in 2011. May specialises in prose-fiction and is currently completing his first novel. He is also focussing on several short stories, a number of which are being considered for publication by various literary magazines. 
Before studying at Goldsmiths, May attended Greenwich University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing in 2010. Prior to this, he studied at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music.
His blog link is <a href="http://jamesbrucemay.blogspot.co.uk/">jamesbrucemay.blogspot.co.uk</a> and his twitter address is @james_bruce_may

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/chris-markwell"><Strong>Chris Markwell</Strong></A>
Orrin Christopher Markwell studied English Literature with Creative Writing at Bangor University.  In addition to his odd scribblings, he plays guitar for North Wales rock outfit Bad Excuses, and finds both pursuits strange and invigorating.  Chris Markwell's tweets can be found at @MarkwellJones and his band can be found at www.facebook.com/BadExcusesBand

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/julie-mcdowall"><Strong>Julie McDowall</Strong></A>
Julie is the editor of The Puffin Review. Her blog is due to be published by Blasted Heath in April 2013.
Her website is <a href="http://www.juliemcdowall.com">www.juliemcdowall.com</a>

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/michelle-honey-mullet"><Strong>Michelle Honey Mullet</Strong></A>
Michelle is a writer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts and her work has been published in a few tiny literary journals in New England. She recently self-published a book of haiku on Lulu.com, called Scrimshaw.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/vincent-oconnor"><Strong>Vincent O’Connor</Strong></A>
Vincent O’Connor is originally from Kilfinane, in Co. Limerick in Ireland. Having graduated from University College Cork with a B.A. in English and Sociology he lived and worked for a number of years in Spain and Japan. Vincent now lives in Cork, in Ireland, and is the Assistant Director of Studies at Nations Language Training Centre where he helps run English and communication courses for European business managers.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/laura-peatman"><Strong>Laura Peatman</Strong></A>
Laura is an avid theatregoer and blogger with a particular interest in new interpretations of classic works – and a weakness for musicals. After graduating from Cambridge University last year, she is making the most of having no more weekly essays to write by spending as much free time as possible at the theatre, alongside her job at a secondary school. More of her writing can be found at <a href="http://laurapeatman.blogspot.co.uk">laurapeatman.blogspot.co.uk</a>.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/rachael-pells"><Strong>Rachael Pells</Strong></A>
Rachael Pells is an English Lit grad and freelance journalist currently fumbling her way through Mexico and Central America, where she will probably “find herself”, get a tattoo to scare her mother, and write for Mexican newspapers. She is @rachaelpells

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/michael-ray"><strong>Michael Ray</strong></A>
Michael is a glass artist and Art therapist living in West Cork, Ireland. 
His poems have appeared in The Moth and The Irish Independent.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/alistair-roberts"><Strong>Alistair Roberts</Strong></A>
Alistair Roberts is a graduate of The MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldmsmiths, University of London. He has recently completed a novel entitled "Chnam Oun" 16 [I am 16]. It is set in Phnom Penh, Cambodia during the last few months of the Golden Age of Cambodian Pop Music before its destruction by the Khmer Rouge on 17th April 1975. Alistair teaches creative writing and drama and is currently working on the sequel. Superman is Dead.
Alistair can be contacted on aj@alistairroberts.my.co.uk

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/emily-sherwood"><Strong>Emily Kate Sherwood</Strong></A>
Emily Kate Sherwood is a feral shop worker and 21 year old freckly lady. She writes frequently and is mostly silly, but only when she isn't studying for her BSc in Health and Social Care. She also has fabulous hair and may or may not be considered hilarious. Tweet Emily here @voila_emily or read her nonsensical scribblings here on her personal blog <a href ="http://www.freckled-rambler.com/">www.freckled-rambler.com</a>.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/thomas-simpson"><Strong>Thomas Simpson</Strong></A>
Thomas Simpson has written and directed for both stage and screen. A finalist of the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Screenwriting Award 2011, Thomas has also directed music videos for up and coming Glasgow bands. He was recently appointed an Official Member and Charity Trustee of The Loch Ness Film Festival and is a regular writer for web magazine Moviescramble.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/ellie-stewart"><Strong>Ellie Stewart</Strong></A>
Ellie Stewart grew up in Wimbledon and Tunbridge Wells and studied English and Philosophy at The University of Leeds. She has been published in various literary magazines online and won The Writer's Village Best Writing Award Winter 2012. Her stories have been included in anthologies by Fluster Magazine and Arachne Press. She currently lives in South East London and works for King's College. You can follow her on Twitter @elliemayonnaise

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/sarah-taylor-fergusson"><Strong>Sarah Taylor-Fergusson</Strong></A>
Sarah Taylor-Fergusson was born in remote North Yorkshire and studied at the Mid-Cheshire School of Art and Oxford University. Since then she has lived in London, Italy and Cheshire. She works as a freelance editor on many wonderful novels and books for a raft of fiction and non-fiction publishing houses. She likes drinking coffee and wandering the borderlands of the Welsh Marches.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/mark-west"><Strong>Mark West</Strong></A>
Mark is a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow writing on "The Poetics of Time in Contemporary American Literature." His writing has appeared in Type Review, Dancehall and TheState. He reviews books for Gutter Magazine and The List. He blogs at <a href="http://mpwmpwmpw.wordpress.com">mpwmpwmpw.wordpress.com</a>.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/nici-west"><Strong>Nici West</Strong></A>
Nici West lives in Manchester with her boyfriend and two guinea pigs. She doesn't get lonely writers syndrome because she lives with her boyfriend and two guinea pigs. She has recently completed an MA in Creative Writing whilst curating the annual literature festival in Lancaster, and is currently in Naples, Italy pretending to speak Italian.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/bernard-wheeler"><Strong>Bernard Wheeler</Strong></A>
Bernard Wheeler is 22 and studied English Literature at the University of Birmingham before deciding he wanted to become a novelist. In the meantime, he is a freelance journalist working between Essex and London. He has a fear of flying.

<A href="http://www.puffinreview.com/content/tags/philippa-wilkinson"><Strong>Philippa Wilkinson</Strong></A>
Philippa is in her twenties and works in the slums of Nairobi. She enjoys writing about her experiences in her spare time.